"The Word Cloud feature enables you to use Word Banks or selected text to create and display word lists or "clouds" for use when writing, filling in worksheets, or taking tests."
The Word Cloud feature enables you to use Word Banks or selected text to create and display word lists or "clouds" for use when writing, filling in worksheets, or taking tests. Students can use these as prompts or to have key vocabulary words at the ready when writing an essay on a specific topic. Teachers can use this feature for fill in the blank vocabulary worksheets or use to instruct students to use particular vocabulary words when writiing an essay.
Educators who gathered at the Virginia Society for Technology in Education conference that took place in December 2011 participated in a round robin event called a "Strategy Smackdown." Each participant shared at least one useful tool or strategy (in two minutes or less).
Use word clouds to...
1. help students who use the same word over and over again to visualize these repetitions.
2. help students find themes in a literary work