I tried out a new site for making word clouds today. As with many of these sites, Tagul allows you to simply copy and paste text or link directly to a website (I used this blog as the link) to create your cloud. What I like about it is that it creates a word cloud that you can then link to a google search of the word you click on in the cloud. You can also specify a site rather than a google search. Kinda cool! See the results below:
Do you think you could use something like this in your classroom to start a discussion on a particular topic or have students analyze the frequency of particular words in their own writing? Other ideas?
Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Do you Tweet?
I've been using Twitter (cctechie) to widen my Personal Learning Network for about a year now. I tend to read much more that I actually post but I've been trying to share more. Today I read a blog post on Edutopia by Betty Ray that describes how to use Twitter to grow your PLN. Her post is a good resource for those just starting out with Twitter or who need a few ideas to get more out of this good PLN resource. So... do you Tweet?
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