Wordle

I love art, and I also love words, so you can imagine how excited I was when I saw this sight. Wordle allows the user to create an artwork out of any selected words they want. I just happened to use my last blog post ( how unique....I know). Anyways, you can allow your students to use any of their stories, poems or writings. You can even use this as a quick write format, and just give them a topic to explore on. Since a lot of our students are visual learners this site caters to their needs.

In case your thinking..."well this is nice, but how else can I use it for my students?" Good question...Terry Freedman gives us 5 solid reasons to that very question. I found her blog off of twitter feed from @nharm....so if you are still haven't got on twitter you need to. Or else you'll miss out on cool links and stuff like this.

A picture says a 1,000 words.....

See the full PicLit at PicLits.com


At least that was what one of my art teachers told me way back when. I love art, and even tried to persuade one of my former co-workers to switch jobs, because I love art so much. She didn't like that idea too much, however I did find something to calm my selfdown.

Pic-lits.com is an awesome site where you can write or drag words onto pictures that provoke some sort of emotion in you. If you can't think of anything to write, you can look around and see what others have made as well. I also like the fact that you can share your pictures on facebook and other social sites. It's also a good source to teach students parts of speach, as well as poetry.

Go and and play around on this site, it's super cool. Just becareful if you happen to be an art teacher....I just might apply and take your job....ha ha ha ha