Wordle and Poll everywhere

In the class, Educ 2201, we worked with wordle (the text analysis toll) and poll everywhere. Poll everywhere is a website that allows someone to answer a question anonymously.  Everyone in the classroom made their own poll and answered a few other polls. After receiving the answers from my classmates I copy and pasted the answers to the wordle. I designed the wordle and made some adjustments and added it as a post on my page. This activity really showed me how useful technology is for even teaching. A simple activity such as wordle can be used for any subject or age. By doing this activity, I found new tools that can be used for the classroom environment. These tools are really useful when working with shy'er students.

Wordle is a great tool that I would like to use in my classroom. There are endless activities that could be used with working with smaller children. Since i'm going to be an elementary teacher I am going to be working with different subjects. One activity that could be used for English is working with vocabulary words. With wordle the students could learn the definition and the spelling of the words. After reviewing the words they could categorize the words according to noun, adjective,verb, etc.  If they're working with the states and capitals I could design a wordle, with a few states at a time, and hand it out on a page. By looking at  the wordle, the students could familiarize and learn them in an easier and more fun way. Poll everywhere is a great activity when asking a more private question. If the students answer you're question anonymously they would more than likely answer it truthfully. After seeing what the children had problems with I could easily workwith them by knowing what needs improvement.Tools such as wordle and poll everywhere could be really useful for my future students and classroom.

Wordle has a connection with ISTE NETS-T because it promotes, supports, and models creative and innotative thinking and inventiveness. By using wordle in an activity I open the creativity in a childs mind. They colors and designs allows the children to view the words in a different way.

Poll everywhere also has a connection with ISTE NETS-T. The standard says model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. With poll everywhere it allows the children to anounmously answer a question and engage with different students. The students can discuss different subjects and engage in them by using the poll everywhere tool.