Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Web 2.0 Tools
Just fiddling about with some web 2.0 tools, and here I have created my first Tagxedo. Tagxedo works like Wordle, but you can attach blog posts, web pages, and any number of other written items to turn into beautiful word clouds. I see this as primarily of interest in the lower grades, but I suppose it could have its uses in the higher grades as well. Here is my first effort, based off of my Diigo library page.
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Love the visual appeal of this handy tool! The only time I ever played with Wordle or Tagxedo was in Tech for Learners with Nicole. I think I may try my hand at one of these next...they're quick, simple, and so darn attractive :) How the kiddos would love this! Might be something interesting to try with our weekly, theme-based vocabulary, or as a way to capture the "big ideas" in our anthology readings.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrea's statement, I also like the visual appeal of this web 2.0 tool. I used this tool in a workshop I did with my college level students in Promoting Academic Success Class. They really enjoyed it. You can get creative with the designs and colors which is a nice feature. I recommend that once you get into the classroom, you try this activity with your students. They will love it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't used this tool, but have been wanting to! I agree with you, Brian, that it may be more appealing to younger students. However, I was thinking of using Tagxedo with my third and fifth grade students. We recently finished a novel and one of my ideas was to have them each choose a character and create a Tagxedo on character traits. I think they would have fun with it!
ReplyDeleteBrian, thanks for sharing this Web 2.0 tool!! I've used Wordle with my students and they've really enjoyed it...I can't wait to introduce this new tool!
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