I'm officially a moderator on Clubhouse! Yay! Have you gotten on the app? It's still new, and in development, so it's only available on Apple iPhones, and iPads, etc. It's still "invite only" and they did this on purpose, but I don't think it was meant to be exclusive, like a private club, rather because they are still in the "Beta" phase of growing, and developing, and didn't want to have millions join too fast, and thus overload the system. Once you're on it, they you realize the value of it. It's cool how the conversations in these "rooms" are generally based around a specific niche idea/ industry/ topic/ question. There are rooms with thousands of listeners, and then there are smaller rooms which allow you to make new friends, and to be "brought up onto the stage," to speak. It's audio only, and only Twitter and Instagram are linked in your profile, so it seems pretty clean and neat. I like how there
Hi Adam! I'm also new to PLN. I saw your post in there and decided to check out your blog. I'm glad to see you are getting some experience with Wordle. I love that site! One of my favorites. I did a project this past year with my Kindergarten students using Wordle, making scrapbooks. The kids loved it, and had a lot of fun creating their pages. We stretched it out over the last semester. It was really cool to see their growth as I put their books together for them. I posted the directions on my blog: http://blog.tonastidings.org/2011/01/five-senses-of-winter.html if you want to check it out. It may give you some ideas with your students.
ReplyDeleteAnother cool site I like using with my students is: PicLits (http://www.piclits.com). It really helps them with their writing. The students select a picture and can either use the words that are on the page to drag onto the picture creating a mood or a story, or they can write their own message on the picture.