excellent slide show for application of wordle in classrooms. Creative commons share and share alike license. invitation to add slides - email Tom Barrett
The most important change that technology brings to education is that it enables students to take charge of their own learning, said ed-tech consultant Alan November. Yet, this is happening in too few classrooms, he said-and one reason is that schools are blocking access to the very tools that allow such activity.
Students sat in small groups in Tony Neeley's science classroom, staring intently at a projected image at the front of the class. A question popped onto the screen. Neeley gave the students a six-digit number and said, "Go." Instantly thumbs began dancing over cell phone keypads. Within seconds, phones trilled the signal that a text message had been sent. At the same time, answers began dropping into view on the screen, one answer for each group of students, identified by a student's cell phone screen name.