karlyb says May 05, 2009 03:22PM going to try wordle for the first time this pm. It seems pretty easy - hopefully won't run into any glitches!
Nedra_I May 05, 2009 03:24PM 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
Nedra_I May 05, 2009 03:25PM 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
Nedra_I May 05, 2009 03:27PM 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
Nedra_I May 05, 2009 03:27PM 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
visionsbyvicky says May 05, 2009 03:55PM I always link directly to create and don't allow them to look at the gallery.
visionsbyvicky says May 05, 2009 03:56PM 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
visionsbyvicky says May 05, 2009 03:56PM create the Wordle so they don't know how to get to the site anyway.
karlyb says May 05, 2009 04:03PM good info - maybe I will make a link for them. Thanks - this info helps a lot and could avoid some problems
karlyb says May 05, 2009 04:04PM it's always hard to know if you should warn them that something might be inappropriate or not.
Nedra_I May 05, 2009 04:11PM thanks vicky, I have another teacher that's going to do it tomorrow. I'll give her that helpful tip.
dmantz7 says May 05, 2009 04:27PM Nedral that would have been an excellent teaching moment to explain to the students how to 1. properly conduct themselves on the web.
dmantz7 says May 05, 2009 04:28PM 2. How the most innocent of sites can have been improperly used 3. Use sites that show a positive image of yourself
missgladish says May 05, 2009 04:45PM 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
missgladish says May 05, 2009 04:45PM each word to type and then space between. We also did a copy and paste from Word. Allows them to spell-check first!
visionsbyvicky says May 05, 2009 04:57PM 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.
karlyb says May 05, 2009 05:50PM this worked awesome with 4th! Created with adjectives about their mom. Only glitch had to click twice to get it to print.
Nedra_I May 05, 2009 06:54PM dmantz7 In hindsight I agree with you. If I use it again I will talk about it.
karlyb says May 06, 2009 09:09AM if you just start at wordle.net/create you can avoid the start page with the bad words!
