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One of my favorite things to do as kid was to ride on The Flying Horses, an antique carousel in Oak Bluffs. Each time the carousel makes a full rotation the riders reach out and grab a ring from the ring arm. The last ring retrieved is the brass ring. Some riders are focused and can grab muliple rings in a single pass. Some remember to go for it at the last second and snatch up a single ring. Other kids get caught up in the ride and forget to reach. It struck me recently that for many students the journey from high school to undgraduate studies is very similar. Some kids have support while others face barriers. My hope is that this blog will become a compilation of links, tools, experiments, and success stories to help every young person in their quest to catch The Brass Ring that is a post-secondary degree.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Wordle


This is a great website: http://www.wordle.net/.  Input some text and you get "word clouds". The more times a word is mentioned the larger it gets.  I used some information about my program (GEAR UP) and I think the result highlights what we aim to do very well.  Try it with a text you are reading with your students (a historical document, a poem they've written, your class motto).  I think it's fun for visual learners.
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