Web 2.0 - Wordle

This week, we worked on our Web 2.0 projects. Our project was on the web application Wordle. We found it to have great potential as a classroom tool. The projects you can create with Wordle can be very visually appealing. We created a few different ones for our Wiki, in which we teach our class how to use the Wordle tool. We used the Declaration of Independence, a poem, motivational words, and song lyrics to create our Wordle. It definitely had some drawbacks because it was a little tricky to figure out and use. Wordle also would not be useful except for creating posters or aesthetically pleasing visuals for the classroom. I do not think it would have much educational use besides creating pictures teachers could use in lessons. 

This project meets the NETS•T Standard: 3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning. 

Here are some Wordles that we created for our project: 

I created this one using motivational words.

My partner created this one, which would be great for a government lesson.

My partner also made this one using names, like you could do for an elementary class.