MEC Product Trainer, Sarah Milligan, writes: The lovely image above was made using the website Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. I thought it might be useful for teachers using an IWB or data projector. Click on 'create' and add some text or even the url or Rss feed of a website to make a beautiful word cloud. Here are a couple of ideas for using Wordle in class: 1. Create your own Wordle using vocabulary you're about to teach and put it on your IWB flipchart or project it onto the wall to introduce the lesson. 2. Choose a song you'd like to do with your class. Get the lyrics from one of the many song lyric websites. (Click here for one I found earlier). Make a Wordle from the lyrics, add it to your IWB flipchart or project it. Ask your learners to guess what they think the song is going to be about by looking at the vocabulary. Below is a Wordle made from the David Bowie classic 'Changes'. If you think of any more ways to use Wordle, let us know!
MEC Product Trainer, Sarah Milligan, writes:
The lovely image above was made using the website Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. I thought it might be useful for teachers using an IWB or data projector. Click on 'create' and add some text or even the url or Rss feed of a website to make a beautiful word cloud.
Here are a couple of ideas for using Wordle in class:
1. Create your own Wordle using vocabulary you're about to teach and put it on your IWB flipchart or project it onto the wall to introduce the lesson.
2. Choose a song you'd like to do with your class. Get the lyrics from one of the many song lyric websites. (Click here for one I found earlier). Make a Wordle from the lyrics, add it to your IWB flipchart or project it. Ask your learners to guess what they think the song is going to be about by looking at the vocabulary. Below is a Wordle made from the David Bowie classic 'Changes'.
If you think of any more ways to use Wordle, let us know!
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