Word Splash

Has anyone ever heard of a word splash? A word splash is a differentiated instruction strategy where a student lists all the different words associated with a topic. For instance if a History teacher was covering the Civil War students might list Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865, slavery, North & South, etc. A Geometry teacher may use it to go over the properties of a square. A Reading or English teach may use it after a student has read a novel. School Counselor use this strategy as well. Often in groups, school counselor will have students start a list of positive traits or characteristics of the other students.

Here is an AWESOME website that uses the word splash strategy in a creative way. www.tagxedo.com

These are some of the ways that I have used this website in the past few weeks.

This is a word splash that I used on my school's school counseling website. www.bit.ly/dhsschoolcounseling

I used this word splash on a poster I created for National School Counseling Week.

You can also use them for your personal life and even create t-shirts, bags, mouse pads, or even coffee mugs. The possibilities are endless.

So instead of just having your students write words on a piece of paper, have them go a step further and transform it into ART. You can then print them out and decorate your classroom or office or laminate them for students to keep as a memento.

The website itself is fairly easy to use.
Click "CREATE"
From there you will click "LOAD". This is where you list all the words associated with your topic.
"THEME" controls the colors of the graphic and "SHAPE" controls the shape. The program provides many shapes. If they don't have the shape you are looking for you can upload your own like I did with the paw print.

How will you use this site?