The first Web 2.0 I introduced to students and
teachers was Wordle. I first introduced
it to students in my BCIS classes. I had
a senior student who was struggling in his English IV class and was needing to
do something for extra created. His
English IV teacher gave him the extra credit work to make a word collage from a
paper he wrote for English class. That’s
when I said “I have the exact thing you need to complete the task.” “You need to create a Wordle of your research
paper,” he replied “What’s a Wordle?”
The next day, I gave a complete lesson to all my BCIS classes on how to
create a Wordle. The student in question
created his wordle and presented it to his English IV teacher who was amazed at
the product. The student explained to
his English teacher how it was created and I received an email from the English
Department Chair wanting me to conduct a staff development for the English Language Arts Department.
