karlyb

says

going to try wordle for the first time this pm. It seems pretty easy - hopefully won't run into any glitches!

20 responses to this plurk.

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:24

  NedraI

  I just used it with the 4th and 5th grades. Teachers asked if I would use it for Mother's Day presents after I sent out a link about it

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:25

  NedraI

  last week. It went ok except I noticed when one person got on the site there was one wordle example that was very inappropriate! Words I

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:27

  NedraI

  would not repeat here. I quickly clicked on create and she didn't notice. Whew... But that's what makes me nervous about the site. I debated

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:27

  NedraI

  if I should tell the kids they could run into inappropriate things or not. I chose not to say anything. I'm not sure if that was the right

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:28

  NedraI

  response or not. What do you think?

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:55

  visionsbyvicky

  says

  I always link directly to create and don't allow them to look at the gallery.

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:56

  visionsbyvicky

  says

  I do tell Middle School why they can't look. I've used Wordle with younger grades but it's been an activity where they give me words & I

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  May 05, 2009 - 15:56

  visionsbyvicky

  says

  create the Wordle so they don't know how to get to the site anyway.

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:03

  karlyb

  says

  good info - maybe I will make a link for them. Thanks - this info helps a lot and could avoid some problems

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:04

  karlyb

  says

  it's always hard to know if you should warn them that something might be inappropriate or not.

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:11

  NedraI

  thanks vicky, I have another teacher that's going to do it tomorrow. I'll give her that helpful tip.

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:27

  dmantz7

  says

  Nedral that would have been an excellent teaching moment to explain to the students how to 1. properly conduct themselves on the web.

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:28

  dmantz7

  says

  2. How the most innocent of sites can have been improperly used 3. Use sites that show a positive image of yourself

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:45

  missgladish

  says

  I made a link to the create page for my 1st graders. They did a great job and had fun seeing the end product. I instructed them how many of

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:45

  missgladish

  says

  each word to type and then space between. We also did a copy and paste from Word. Allows them to spell-check first!

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  May 05, 2009 - 16:57

  visionsbyvicky

  says

  make sure you check wordle on each computer you'll be using it on. The first time I tried with 8th grade I had to upgrade the plug-in.

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  May 05, 2009 - 17:50

  karlyb

  says

  this worked awesome with 4th! Created with adjectives about their mom. Only glitch had to click twice to get it to print.

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  May 05, 2009 - 18:54

  NedraI

  dmantz7 In hindsight I agree with you. If I use it again I will talk about it.

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  May 06, 2009 - 01:01

  Meghan1st

  says

  great points. i have hesitated using wordle because of the inappropriate words. i wish they would make an education version

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  May 06, 2009 - 09:09

  karlyb

  says

  if you just start at wordle.net/create you can avoid the start page with the bad words!