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A collection of interactive tools and ways to use them in school libraries.

interactive tools and ways to use them in school libraries. Wordle - creates word clouds from pieces of text, rss feeds or tag clouds. Higher-frequency words become larger than others, providing a visual demonstration of their probable importance.

This silent WORDLE video of the same text, has relevant implications for teaching and learning. It seems to me that students with visual learning strengths or preferences could use several different versions of the same words they need to learn, put them in a slideshow and pace the slide time change.

use WORDLE for assessment of blog posts, bookmarks or other rss feed items

October 2, 2008 post. Detailed description (and video) of a vocabulary game using wordle word clouds. The blogger had created a wordle and covered up the words with with rectangles. Students came to the SMARTBoard one at a time to touch the rectangle and reveal a word. Then they used a spinner to tell them what to do with the word: to use the word in a sentence, tell how many syllables, or give a synonym or antonym. The rectangles were colour coded by degree of difficulty so the teacher could differentiate instruction. You can download the Notebook file, and the blogger promises a tutorial for this idea.