In this episode, let’s explore what word clouds are, how to make them, and ways to use them in every subject area. You’ll hear five ways to boost student engagement and increase participation throughout the school day.
Using Word Clouds
Why are word clouds useful? A word cloud shows off trends. For example, if you took the text of five articles about sharks and ran it through a word cloud generator, some of the biggest, boldest words in a word cloud might be ocean (used to describe where they live), large (used to describe their size), or boat (used to describe where research is taking place.)
In today’s episode, we are going to look at how to use word clouds with student-submitted words. Instead of copy and pasting a large piece of text into a word cloud generator, we’ll look at five activities you can try with students. These activities will ask them to submit responses to a prompt or a question by adding one or a few words to a word cloud generator.
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Tips for Word Clouds
- First, start off with a do now.
- Next, spotlight a challenging vocabulary word.
- Then, share an action word.
- Finally, reflect on an experience & share a favorite.
Sponsored by Microsoft Education
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Episode Resources
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- 5 Participation Strategies for Self-Paced Teaching (Blog Post)
- Easy EdTech Club (Sign up & Waitlist)
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- Free EdTech Tools for Your Classroom
- Reading Progress: A Reading Fluency App in Microsoft Teams (Blog Post)
