We then broke into small groups and listed 6 favorite book titles or series, which I then input into the program to create our Wordle. (It is always cute to hear the 'oohs' and 'aahs' of kids viewing the Wordle). Going one step further, I talked about how our Wordle is actually providing us with data about our class as readers, and we tried to extract the data we could find. I put them together in a Voicethreadand found myself very interested to see how readers matured greatly from grade 3 to grade 4. There was a leap from mostly predictable series in grade 3 to more individual, meatier books in grade 4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was overall the most popular, and our friend Garfield was found to be king at all levels.
6 comments:
Tara, I just LOVE what you did here! You're using tools in ways that focus on the topic you are teaching not the tool but in ways that capitalize on the strengths of each. Way to go! This is gREAT! Love love love what you're doing here. Thank you so much!
Now, for the wordle on books, I wonder if there were a way to pull out some excerpt to paste it in wordle in a way that would give meaning to the book.
Love how you used both wordle and voicethread. Thanks for these great examples to share with others!
Tara, I love this idea! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have learned so much from you.
Thanks for all the blog love! The kids loved it as well. :)
I love this idea, too, Tara. Great way to collect and visualize the popularity of books.
It made me go back to a tool I'd bookmarked a little while ago -- Tagul.com -- which is like Wordle but you can put links behind each tag.
I had a play -- see here:
http://dinkypage.com/31279
It shows how you might put a series homepage behind each book series. So when the kid clicks on Geronimo Stilton, it takes them to the Geronimo Stilton website (or to a list of Geronimo Stilton books in your OPAC perhaps).
I'll have to keep playing with Tagul when I have more time.
Great job. Isn't it great when we can learn from each other?
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