Word clouds from "Wordle."
I came across a website, http://powermylearning.com/ , which contains a wide array of educational games and programs for free use. There, I found a program called "Wordle," which creates word clouds from text, arranging words by size, according to their frequency of use in the text. I thought it was a great visual representation of different pieces of literature, and helped to transmit main ideas and themes in an artistic way. Here, I created a Wordle Cloud from the text of "The Raven," by Edgar Allan Poe:
Glogster
During work on the JIGSAW project, another student in class did research on glogster.com. Glogster creates interactive posters that can contain all sorts of media files and links to click on. I was so fascinated with this site, that I spent some time creating a glog of my own. I decided to create my glog as though it were an assignment for my class, but I think that a great assignment for students would be to create their own glog, in order to show their understanding of a topic.
I have embedded a small version of my glog below, but there is an icon that will allow you to view it full-size. Please check it out, because it is really a nice tool to present a wide variety of infomation and media in an interesting format! This particular glog deals with The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, and contains a variety of background and historical information that relates to the novel and its time period. I feel like it would be a wonderful assignment to use when introducing a new text. It would allow students to actively participate in their own learning, rather than sitting back and tuning out of a boring lecture.
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