The Power of Tags, The Power of Words

by Bob Sprankle

Here’s a tutorial I’ve made for using the site Wordle.

20 comments

1 Michael Richards { 07.26.08 at 4:34 pm }: Bob,

Excellent tutorial. Windows users can use the program CutePDF in the same way you used the built in PDF creator for Macs.

I was thinking Wordle would be useful in student writing as an editting tool. Students who struggle with word variety can plug their writing into Wordle to see if they’re using a word too often in their writing. Another way students can use Wordle would be to make sure their writting is on topic by checking out the word frequency and judging whether it is in-line with topic.

I can’t wait to hear from others.
2 Adrian Bruce { 07.26.08 at 4:46 pm }: Hey Bob,

I’ve used Wordle to create a cloud that reflects the interests of a student.

Check out my son’s.

http://code-samuel.blogspot.com/2008/07/samuels-wordle.html

cheers

Adrian
3 Bob Sprankle { 07.26.08 at 5:04 pm }: Michael and Adrian,

Thanks so much for those great examples and ideas! Awesome!

Adrian, what did your son use for text? Did he repeat words or cull that from some bigger writing?

Bob
4 Jane Lowe { 07.26.08 at 8:04 pm }: Thanks for the helpful tutorial Bob. I have played a little with Wordle but you have included some new ideas for me to try.
I first used it in a presentation i gace called “How MY Journey into the Web 2.0 World has changed my Teaching” and made a Wordle of many of the words I had never heard of a year ago before I started blogging etc.
I also used it this week as an “On the holidays” activity for my class. The students each typed in 5 or 6 words that described their 2 week vacation. Here is the Wordle that I saved using Skitch: http://img.skitch.com/20080726-c9e29w11fme1ehhpwfbh6tc5bt.jpg
Thanks again
Jane
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6 Megan { 07.27.08 at 7:29 am }: Excellent! Thanks for doing this. I had my graduate teacher education students plug their key thoughts into wordle as a closure to the course….just another way to complete a reflection. Then, they posted their “wordle” to their blogs.
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16 Nancy Pratt { 02.13.09 at 7:44 pm }: Hi Bob,
Thanks for such a great tutorial for Wordle. I showed this site to my technology group about a month ago and they just loved it. They left the meeting and sent me little notes about how they used it. What you have here are so many more great applications. Thank you so much. It is really taking the students from the the basic level of writing to truly making meaning out of what we read, and then perhaps of what we are writing.
Thanks! This was great.
Nancy Pratt from Phoenix (Cave Creek) AZ
17 Bob Sprankle { 02.15.09 at 9:05 am }: Nancy,

So glad you found it useful! Thanks for the feedback!

Bob
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19 Terra Graves { 01.07.10 at 2:47 pm }: Seeking permission to post your Wordle Tutorial on our Moodle classroom for the Nevada Pathway Project technology integration and PD project for 124 middle school teachers around the state of NV.
20 Bob Sprankle { 01.07.10 at 4:56 pm }: Terra,
Please do! Enjoy!

Bob