Wordles

Wordle Reflection

The Wordle is a fun technology that students can use to see how themes can emerge in their reading and writing. It’s a word-cloud-making website and it’s free. I have used Wordles in assignments where students copy and paste their essays into the site and create word clouds to see what themes come forth. I’ve also had students put famous speeches into a Wordle and compare and contrast the results. Students love making Wordles and it’s not uncommon for them to bring in Wordles they’ve printed from home with their colored ink.

In this artifact, I've included an assignment where students had to respond to a technology article in Wordle format, instead of in traditional paragraph form.

I’ve learned that students can be motivated by technology, but they can also learn to be creative from it as well. My students really enjoy Wordles, so it's a good motivational tool. They also like to do Wordles at home with their own colored ink and show me what they've created. They look forward to making Wordles in my class.

I intend on sharing Wordles with more colleagues (I've already shared them with some colleagues who have found benefits and uses in their own subject areas) and continuing to find more ways to incorporate Wordles into more lessons.