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Step 2: Identify the most appropriate site and list five methods you
believe best fit the students you teach.
Idea #
Method
1
Have students create word clouds that generate
understanding of a concept, standards or vocabulary word.
2
Have students find mathematical papers written by famous
mathematicians and create a word cloud of some of their
writing. See what words have high occurrence and see what
they might mean.
3
Use a word cloud to create a discussion either in class or
posted on the web for a discussion forum. Try to create it so
that a question of inquiry can be used.
4
Copy and paste a reading from the web into a word cloud. You
may wish to turn off common words.
5
When classifying objectsmake a word cloud for each
classification. Remember you can make the classification
header bigger.
List the general steps and time frame for the lesson sequence with
the inclusion of the digital resource (expand or delete rows as
necessary).
Time
Activity
(minutes)
15 minutes Engagegive directions, and create a short
presentation that reviews safe passwords. Then
students will make their own accounts on a word-cloud
website using their google-account.
15 minutes Students will work individually. Each student will be
assigned a vocabulary word, and they will research the
meaning, synonym, and usage of their word.
15 minutes They will type their research up in a word document.
15 minutes Students will create their own word clouds, using their
word document. They will be allowed to change color
schemes, formats, etc.
Day 2. 30
Each student will give a 1 minute presentation of their
minutes
word cloud. They will first email their work to the
teacher, and the teacher will post it on the class
website so students can refer back to it later. This will
Exemplary (18-15)
Quality
Participa
tion
Adequate (14-12)
Inadequate
(11-0)
Fails to meet
requirements
.
Inadequate
(0)
You are
present for
less than one
half of the
activity.