Elementary Technology » Social Studies http://elementary-technology.com ideas, tips and tricks for all those involved in elementary technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Martin Luther King’s Message-Wordle style http://elementary-technology.com/2009/01/14/martin-luther-kings-message-wordle-style/ http://elementary-technology.com/2009/01/14/martin-luther-kings-message-wordle-style/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:07:59 +0000 vanveghel http://elementarytechnology.edublogs.org/?p=23 I heard about Wordle a while ago and tried it out and thought it was pretty cool. I passed it on to our writing resource teacher who also thought it had great possibilities for use in writing lessons. So, I have been waiting to find the right time and the right way to introduce Wordle to some of our teachers. Today, while searching for Martin Luther King resources, it came to me. Create a Wordle out of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and see what it looks like.  Although I have heard excerpts of the speech for the past few years, I have not listened to nor read the entire speech. So, here it is… no surprise to me at which words are the largest. I think I found a great resource for teaching about Martin Luther King and what he was all about. I think he would have been proud of his Wordle.

http://www.wordle.net

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Ancestor’s Journey

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