December 7, 2008

Phases, Tides, and Eclipses VoiceThread

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Hi Astronomers

We are going to extend the walls of our classroom by having you share what you have learned about phases, tides, and eclipses.  You can either type what you have learned, call in what you have learned, or share what you have learned through microphone.  It is fun, simple, and gives you a great way to discuss with your classmates.  Remember this is ON-LINE and could be heard by others outside of our school do not give out your phone number or other personal information.  BE SAFE, HAVE FUN, AND DISCUSS!! SHOW ME WHAT YOU KNOW

 

August 4, 2008

Do You Wordle??

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Do you want a cool way to tell about things that interest you. Here’s mine.  I thought it was pretty fun.  Well, Wordle is a [software program] for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share..(remember though that all information is PUBLIC so do not put anything you DON’T want others to see)

Ways to use in class…

  • use as a wordsplash and have students guess what the new unit is about
  • give students a Wordle and have them try to ascertain what a news article is about
  • as an end of unit review where students choose the most important words
  • beginning of the year activity where students create something about themselves
  • for literature, have students pick a character and then chose adjectives.  The more prominent character traits would appear BIGGER & BOLDER

These are just a few I could think of….

DISCUSSION:Do you have anymore that you can think of??