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		<title>the wordle debate and report cards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just read Dan Meyer&#8217;s post, and the subsequent comments that resulted from that post, entitled, Correct Me If I&#8217;m Wrong, about the significance of Wordle in the classroom.  I have used Wordle this summer with my summer school class to create a display of literary terminology, and played around with it a bit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://tracevidence.edublogs.org/files/2008/08/screenshot-1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-45" src="http://tracevidence.edublogs.org/files/2008/08/screenshot-1-300x193.jpg" alt="my last term\'s report cards, wordle-fied" width="300" height="193" /></a>I&#8217;ve just read Dan Meyer&#8217;s post, and the subsequent comments that resulted from that post, entitled, <a href="http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=944">Correct Me If I&#8217;m Wrong</a>, about the significance of Wordle in the classroom.  I have used Wordle this summer with my summer school class to create a display of literary terminology, and played around with it a bit thinking of ideas on how it can be used in the classroom (Mother&#8217;s Day and Father&#8217;s Day comes to mind, for instance).</p>
<p>I liked the idea of looking at the use or misuse of repetition in a piece of literature, and that spurred the idea to input a set of my report cards to see what would emerge, the result of which is in this post.  What I find interesting is that, although I have always believed that my report cards were reader-friendly, the words that I use most often might not be understood by the average parent.  It appears that I need to use more ESL-friendly vocabulary in the future.  I didn&#8217;t realize how often I used the word &#8220;work.&#8221;</p>
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