More on Wordle

Flipping through the latest issue (Summer 09) of Fresh Paint, the Florida Art Education Association's quarterly magazine, I noticed an article submitted by J. Marshall Adams, Director of Education at the Vero Beach Museum of Art. The title, "Experiment with New Toys: Wordle.net" caught my eye since Wordle's one of the apps we've been learning about.

Hoping for artistic insight and ideas on stretching Wordle in the art room, I read on. While the article was interesting, there wasn't much in terms of pushing the envelope with Wordle. One idea Adams suggests is interpreting poetry by typing in important words (repeatedly) to alter the results - pretty straightforward, altho word choice could be emphasized here. The idea of using Wordle to analyze advertising text was cool, but again, a straightforward idea. Other, more common uses were also mentioned.

Even tho Wordle is cool, it's more of an analytical tool than a creative, open ended tool. A fun stepping stone towards higher order thinking ....