Wordle is a text analysis tool. I used it in class by writing ten characterstics I would like to have as a teacher. I wrote the most important characteristic ten times, the second nine times, and so on. Wordle created a visual, customizable mapping of the text that I entered.
Poll Everywhere is an audience response system. I used it in class to ask my classmates about a specific band, and which album was their favorite. It is useful to find out how people think or feel about a certain topic, and it is easy to do because it is anonymous.
The activity I came up with is based off of an activity I found at ttp://sites.google.com/site/edinatechresources/wordle-activity.
I would change the questions to the following:
1. What are your 3 favorite activities of the year?
2. What are 5 new words that you learned this year?
3. What are your 5 favorite things about summer vacation?
The connection between Wordle and Poll Everywhere to ISTE NETS-T is simple - technology. Teaching is moving from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age. Students now learn differently than they did in the Industrial Age. They retain information better by performing online activities and sharing thoughts with eachother instead of reading from a physical book the entire school day. Sharing information and using technology in the classroom will easily promote learning in the classroom. Students want to use technology and share thoughts, opinions, and ideas with eachother. Using technology will hold their attention and make it more fun to learn. This is how students are going to learn in the new age.
I think that the activity you selected would allow students and teachers to express their thoughts and opinions. I agree with your statement,"Teaching is moving from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age". Technology is changing the way teachers use resources. Teachers are now using technology in their lessons and activities. It is true that students learn the task more effectively when they are actively engaging in the particular task.
ReplyDeleteIt is very true that students today become bored very quickly with reading a physical book--much faster than our parents, and those before them. Using technology is a way for us to encourage learning in a more interactive way that is much more intriguing to today's student.
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