Sunday, November 16, 2008

Thing 14 - A New Toy!!!

Wow! So many things to play with... it's hard to select just one (or two) but one DID catch my eye. Quizlet is SO COOL!!!

I used it to create several Georia High School Graduation Test Review Sets for my students.

This is an amazing way to prep for VOCABULARY and CONCEPTS. Students can even use this to create their own study sets to share (wishful thinking for my own daughter!). The first step is flash-card-like. You become Familiar with the set through exposure. The next step is to Learn the set by typing in the correct term/answer. Then you can practice with a Scatter or Space Race game before you are Tested.

AND...
This one just took my breath away:



I used WORDLE to create this image of the Declaration of Independence!
The word sizes are relative to the number of times each word is used in the document.
You can type in your own words and even use RSS feeds to make these amazing creations which are also customizable by color, orientation, font, etc.
I'm going to use this next semester to either:
  • allow students to "introduce themselves"
  • illustrate eras of history

~very exciting~

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