a class project using etherpad & wordle

The Flavor of My Class

a presentation by Nina Peery

created for TCEAJune 2009

A Project Using•Etherpad

•Wordle

•Blockposters

http://www.etherpad.com

http://www.wordle.net

http://www.blockposters.com

“The Flavor of My Class”resulting Wordles

TCEA Survey

Type in:

! Area~7~TCEA

Type in the name of your operating system:

! Mac

! Windows

! Linux

Type in the name of your browser:

! Internet~Explorer

! Safari!

! Firefox

! Chrome

! Opera

Type in the name of your school district:

Type in the grade or subject you teach:

Indicate if you use twitter:

! Yes~twitter

! No~twitter

Step 1: Create Your Survey

Step 2: Create An EtherPad DocumentIn the address window, typehttp://www.etherpad.com

Step 3: Create Your WordleIn the address window, type

http://www.wordle.net

Step 4: Create A Poster

In order to create a poster of your wordle using blockposters, your wordle must be in jpeg or gif format. On a PC, you can use printscreen and paste the screen

capture in Paint. Select and cut the wordle. Paste the wordle in a new drawing and save. Choose a jpeg or gif format from the save menu.

Useful Tips...or things I learned the hard way

When creating the pad, provide your own unique name that is meaningfulto the student; www.etherpad.com/myproject is easier for a student to

type in than www.etherpad.com/hi6r4Kpn.

If students are taking turns on a computer, have them strike the enter key before they begin typing.

You can monitor student response on the pad from your own computer. Some students cannot resist the temptation to type something other than

what is required!

Before creating the Wordle, have students who have completed the survey help you identify misspelled words, and make all corrections from your

computer before copying and pasting the text in to Wordle.

Useful Tips Continued...

Be prepared to X out of Wordle quickly. The program is not monitored and an inappropriate wordle may appear on the screen you pull up.

If you have class time available after the Wordle is completed, allow students to change the layout, font, and color from the computer attached

to the projector.

You will not be able to save the wordle on your computer, but you will be able to print it. If you print it as a pdf, you will be able to save that file to

your computer. You can also capture the screen using jing or the print screen key and save it to your computer.

In Wordle, use the tilde ~ character to connect answers that have more than one word.

Suggested Uses for Wordle

http://www.slideshare.net/digitalmaverick/how-to-use-wordle-presentation

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck030.shtml

http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas

Suggested Uses for Etherpadhttp://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/etherpad.htm

Be sure to check out the Forum and FAQ pages of Wordle for other great ways to use the program.

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