Meet me at the corner project

http://meetmeatthecorner.org/

Kids can create their own virtual field trips. Put Concord on the virtual map!

Wordle

I have been showing people wordle.net for awhile but in case you haven't seen it, take a look at this great tool. You may have seen some wordles around the school as several teachers have used them. Wordle is a tool generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. These are great for determining importance in a reading passage as the main words stand out. To read an article I wrote about using wordle in education, go to http://www.nhste.org/Connections%20Newsletters/Connections%20AUG%2008%20.pdf The article starts on page 9.

Using book reviews from amazon.com, this is a wordle for one of my favorite books. Can you figure out which one?

RMS Media Center Tidbits

To the Staff of Rundlett Middle School

Welcome to the first installment of the new Rundlett Library Media Center Tidbits.

A few years ago, I had a folder in FirstClass that was home to short notes about resources I came across that I felt would be of interest to teachers. These are short notes that I want to pass along quickly. I had hoped to bring the tidbits folder back to life but that isn't happening so I have found an alternative method for delivery.

I will be adding quick notes as I find interesting web pages or applications.

Please feel free to let me know what types of resources you may want me to include.