October+22,+2009

 Wordle

For classroom or administrative use, a great way to synthesize and analyze words. You can input words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs, and it automatically sizes each word in the jumble based on frequency of use. The more often a word is used in the text you paste in, the larger that word will appear.

 District  Wordle 

 Loara  Wordle 

If students are struggling to use a variety of vocabulary, they can paste their essays into Wordle and they can have a visual reference of the words they are using most often. It automatically removes common words like the, and, or.

Prezi   The moving presentation format you saw at Leadership this morning. It allows you to create a presentation based on one large map, then set a path that the presentation moves around the map. The site has a 4-minute tutorial video that teaches all major concepts to get going quickly.