Using iPads in the Classroom

I asked my 4th graders how using iPads has influenced their learning. Students had to respond to the following prompt...

Using iPads makes learning (more)...

I gathered all their responses and created a Wordle! 

Wordle creates visually appealing "word clouds" based on the text you provide. Words that appear more frequently are larger and stand out more. In our Wordle fun and exciting were used frequently so they appear larger than the other words. You can change the font, layout, color etc in each word cloud. 

Here are some suggestions for using Wordle in your classroom...

Character Traits - Wordles can be created around a character in a book. Students could create a Wordle with traits that describe their character.

Classroom Rules - At Kittredge we ask students to follow KES (Kind and Respectful, Everyone Ready to Learn and Safe). Wordles could be created to show what KES looks like/sounds like. *I've also created Wordles with every students name to frame in our classroom.

To find out what words/ideas are being emphasized in a speech - Copy and paste Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech into Wordle to find the words/ideas that were emphasized. They would be the words that appear larger than the others. Former presidents' speeches would be another text to to copy into Wordle. 

Student Essays - Have students copy their essay into Wordle to see if they use certain words too often. 

The possibilities are endless!