week 3 - words, words, i love words

Trying a new technology can be great and / or frustrating. 

Wordle has been such experience.

I took Simon and Garfunkel’s song "I am a rock" and put it into Wordle creator. 

Got a cloud.

FIRST SETBACK - CAN'T SAVE IT AS A "WORD" DOCUMENT. Actually, can't save it at all to my computer.

So, I printed, scanned and saved it.

From my students I got mixed reactions - some, especially the artistic ones, loved the idea and the layout. Some, on the other hand, felt lost in the cloud.

All in all - the activity went well. They had to find out the meaning of the words they didn't know. Then they tried to figure out the song - what it is about, is it happy / sad etc.

It was very interesting to watch their guessing process.

The best part was the cooperation (I work with small groups - 5-6 kids).

It was great!

So, within the limits, it's a nice and easy tool.

Have fun!

<a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/7608809/i_am_a_rock"

     

http://www.wordle.net/gallery

games in the classroom

This is serious.
Games are great, although I prefer old fashion card and  board games.
In this blog, however, there is a great tool that can  be used by students, while creating their own games, to review and practice vocabulary and grammar.
I am going to try it soon.
I think the blogs I chose are these

http://www.edudemic.com/games-in-education/
 http://www.purelypaperless.com/
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

but i am not sure.
this is all for this week.