On May 6, 11:38 am, Tom Jewell wrote: > I teach a Communication class at a community college. The last day of > the semester, I have the students give a special occasionspeechon a > topic of their choice and I give a tribute to the class. This > semester, I tried something different. > > I had each student write ten words about themselves that they would > want others to remember them for. Then I had them rate (not rank) > each word from one to ten. I took their sheets and made a wordle by > putting their name in fifteen times and each of their words the number > of times indicated on their sheet. I saved each set of words into a > single document before clicking on the "Go" button to make sure I had > the text for all of them, since you can't go back to collect the > words. I then made a PowerPoint presentation that included: > 1. A wordle for each student. > 2. A wordle with all of the students in one word cloud. > 3. A wordle of twenty definitions of "communication." > 4. My wordle for the class--my descriptive words of their > characteristics as a group. > > The students seemed to enjoy it and I found it a great way to close > out the semester. > > Tom Jewell
- Carlos Portela
on 2009-06-28
> I teach a Communication class at a community college. The last day of
> the semester, I have the students give a special occasionspeechon a
> topic of their choice and I give a tribute to the class. This
> semester, I tried something different.
>
> I had each student write ten words about themselves that they would
> want others to remember them for. Then I had them rate (not rank)
> each word from one to ten. I took their sheets and made a wordle by
> putting their name in fifteen times and each of their words the number
> of times indicated on their sheet. I saved each set of words into a
> single document before clicking on the "Go" button to make sure I had
> the text for all of them, since you can't go back to collect the
> words. I then made a PowerPoint presentation that included:
> 1. A wordle for each student.
> 2. A wordle with all of the students in one word cloud.
> 3. A wordle of twenty definitions of "communication."
> 4. My wordle for the class--my descriptive words of their
> characteristics as a group.
>
> The students seemed to enjoy it and I found it a great way to close
> out the semester.
>
> Tom Jewell