Wordle, bubble.us, and Kidspiration!

I learned about wordle.net last week in class.  I find that I really have a use for this in my classroom.  This week I am using it for rhyming words because we are studying Dr. Suess (since his birthday is this week).  When you go to wordle.net you can type in or paste in any words of your choice and they will be put into a cluster for you, as my words are to the left.  I actually used this in class and my students had to tell me all the rhyming that they see.  Then they had to write them down in their journals.  The advanced students had to put them in alphabetically order. 

Bubbl.us is a great website for brainstorming and building any kind of web.  It allows you to add color and any text of your choice.   This of course, is a great tool to use for the visual learners in my classroom.  After I read a story aloud to my students I will pull up the bubble web that I have made to focus on comprehension. 

Kidspiration is software that a school district can buy for classroom teachers.  My school district does have it.  It is not being used as much as it should be but we do have it.  My class gets to go to the computer lab once a week to use Kidspiration.  They love it!  Especially my learner who are on the slower side.  It makes learning fun and interactive.  If you do not have Kidspiration speak with your schoo

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