There are many great resources to use online to integrate technology into the classroom. I really like using Wordle and Tagxedo as a means of creating a visual about a topic. There are a variety of ways to use these websites to engage your students. Basically you insert the copy of an article into the program and it pulls out the words that are repeated the most and makes them larger. This automatically creates a visual that will tell you what the main points are in a topic. For example the tagxedo I have pictured above was created out of text I copied from wikipedia under English as a Second Language education. Both sites do the same thing, however, I prefer tagxedo because you can put your text into different shapes which will enhance the meaning of your visual. The students can enter words about themselves and create a wordle that describes their strengths and interest. Its really neat if you have each student create one and hang them together in a common area. The students are able to see what things they have in common with other students as well as learn about each other differences. There are many websites that list uses for wordle/tagxedo, here is the one I felt was most useful:
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5&pli=1
Happy Wordling!!
Tagxedo
http://www.tagxedo.com/
Wordle
www.wordle.net
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