lundi 4 mars 2013

WORDLE



I finally managed to create our first Wordle !
Actually It's very simple when you are Google Chrome ! It's magic ! :)


Let's speak about Wordle...What is Wordle ?

Wordle is a an excellent tool which permit to create “Word cloud”. This provides interactive ways to browse and explore language. 
How ? Let's see ! :)


How Wordle can be useful for teaching ?


1) It can be very useful for teaching pronunciation to students. For example the hardest words can be the largest word in the word cloud and each morning teachers can make a test with the words which are most frequently spelled incorrectly.


2.)It's a good way to memorise new vocabulary. For example teachers can create a word cloud with all the new words encountered in a text.


3.) For High School, it can be also very useful. For example before an exam, teachers can make a word cloud with the most important words or expressions that students must know for the exam.



How Wordle can be useful for learning ?



1.) We can use lots of colours and writting-style. So I think it's very funny and captivant for students... (I read somewhere that young students are more concentrated when there are lots of colours...) :)


2.) One of the advantages of word cloud is that It don't take lots of place.... It's not cumbersome for students. They can stick it... They can't lose it :)


3.) For students in High School I think it's a good way for them to sum up a lesson. Let's take the example of history. For example they can create a word cloud with the main elements such as: important dates, historical characters, ect.


Conclusion: Many advantages of using Wordle !

So what do you waiting for ? Use Wordle ! :)



3 commentaires:

  1. It seems very good, you will show us how you did it! I like what you've done! We could create the cover of our story with one of our drawing and use the writing-style and colors of wordle. :)
    You mentioned the using of colors for our story, i'd like to do something "fresh, sparkling". We need to talk about it monday.
    Your article is nice. :)

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  2. I really like your idea about the cover, Maailys :) We'll speak about that next Monday ;)

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  3. Thank you Selin, it's very nice what you've done.
    On Monday, why don't create together the cover of our story? I see something in black and white (like the colors of our little animals).
    We will mix our ideas :)

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