Using Wordle in the classroom (1 of 2) Consider this post (and the one to follow it next week) as companion pieces to Julie Meloni’s “Wordles, or the gateway drug to textual analysis.” I’ve been interested in computer-assisted textual analysis and information visualization for the most of the twenty-first century (ha! I crack myself up…), and first used such methods in the classroom almost 10 years ago, while I was still a graduate student. Since that time, computer-assisted methods of analyzing and presenting information have become easier to use, more visually compelling, and more common (though hardly commonplace). All of this means, in my humble opinion, that educators have a responsibility to teach students how these tools work and to give students some experience is using such tools. And I don’t believe that we should do this only by designing and teaching courses on computer-assisted analysis and information visualization (though that’s not a bad idea).
First, here are a few related links: Word Clouds: 125 Ways… And Counting… To Use Wordle In The Classroom. Using Wordle In The Classroom. 45 Interesting Ways To Use Wordle In The Classroom. 3 ways to use Wordle in Kindergarten Classroom.