Saturday, February 28, 2009

eResource Aesthetics Question

What kind of design would you like for our classes Wiki/Blogger eResource?

Thursday, February 12, 2009

CAN SOCIAL TAGGING BE EFFECTIVE IN ART EDUCATION?

Wordle is a free online tool that allows you to create a word cloud out of text that you provide. Wordle then generates the text in a very creative way, but can a tool like this be effective in the art classroom or any classroom?

Below is the word cloud I created to see if students could ascertain which artist I was describing by looking at the words in the word cloud. If you can recognize the artist in the word cloud, then maybe it could be useful tool in the art classroom.
















Here is a link to a post on
Lessons Plans Using Wordle.

Try creating your own word cloud by clicking here.
Below is a video about creating word art using Wordle if you need some help.