Wordle

A. and I started talking about Wordle today and we found the perfect way to transition students from their infographics to the leader ad campaigns, and it allows her to use primary sources which is a requirement at her school. We are going to use Wordle to turn key speeches from different leaders into, well, wordles, and then show them to students as a way to help them identify key ideas within each speech. We're going to see if students can guess which leader gave which speech. We're hoping this will help them identify similarities and differences between the leaders, too.

In thinking about infographics, I think it would be awesome if a graphic designer could come talk to the class about design elements when creating them. I know someone, so we'll see if he'd be willing to visit A's class next semester. Ideally we'd have someone who works in advertising come as well. A. is going to see if any of her students' parents work in advertising.

We have started fleshing out the lesson plan in Google Docs. So far, we work pretty well together. I hope the finished product is something that really is useful in her classroom.

Hopefully we can get together in person again after Thanksgiving.