Resources for use with word clouds
Make it easier to find things to make your first word clouds...then the next one's on you and your students! Think of the possibilities!
Text (type by hand or cut and paste any collection of words)
- Famous Speeches
- music lyrics
- poetry
- my "About Me" portion of my Masters' portfolio
- words to describe yourself, including your name
- vocabulary words (pick your subject / grade level)
URL finder (enter your favorite blog, newsfeed or web page w/ RSS)
Blogs of interest:
Newsfeeds:
- Will Richardson ...on the new culture of learning. http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/a-new-culture-of-learning/
- Chris Lehmann ...on EduCon this week. http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1284-EduCon-This-Is-Our-School.html
- Scott McLeod ... "We Cant Let Teachers off the Hook" http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2010/09/we-cant-let-educators-off-the-hook.html
- Huffington Post ...on the Space Shuttle distaster 25 years ago. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/space-shuttle-challenger-explosion_n_815275.html#s231798
- The White House Blog http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog
Newsfeeds:
- ABC News ...on Egypt http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hosni-mubarak-asks-egypt-government-resign/story?id=12785851
- Edutopia ...on the National Technology Plan http://www.edutopia.org/blog/national-educational-technology-plan-netp-audrey-watters
- Chicago Tribune ...on Sports http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/
Del.icio.us username (use your own name first!)
- lmontgomery
- fredkoch
- tonyvincent