Word Cloud

This is the first time of have ever used Wordle.  Pretty cool site!  I have seen these things before and wondered how they were made.  Now I know! Our task was to make a "wordle" using first the 2000 Nets for Teachers and then the 2008 revised Nets for teachers.

I made the NETS 2000  wordle kind of disorganized and overdone, because in all honesty, that's the way I view the 2000 edition of the Teacher Nets.  Also, note the focus of the 2000 wordle is TECHNOLOGY, whereas the focus of the 2008 wordle is LEARNING.

I made the Nets 2008 wordle with equal numbers of horizontal and vertical words and the edges more squared off and lined up.  I feel the 2008 Nets are more concise and easier to understand, and to me the 2008 wordle in much easier and less confusing to look at and understand what is being said.  I used the same color scheme on both, because they are both an attempt at the same goal which is to give educators a framework to use in order to teach students in an ever advancing and changing technological world.

 I also developed a wordle for my class using their vocabulary from their current Powerpoint lesson.  Here it is:

The NETS addressed in this assignment were"all of them!"   Number 5, Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership, however, stands out the most.  This is, after all, a guide for teachers to use to ensure that they are meeting all the needs of all their learners in a digital culture that is very different than when many of us were young learners.