Robin Talkowski’s Blog: Reading & Technology

An author chooses great descriptive words and powerful verbs to help her writing “come alive” and help the reader visualize what s/he is reading about.  Often students have difficulty evaluating their own writing.  It is difficult to see their own writing as another reader will view it.  Wordle comes to the rescue!  In creating a “word cloud,” students quickly spot overused words and “dull” words.  Moreover, students enjoy seeing their writing in a Wordle and do not gripe about this phase of the editing process.