Assignment

For this assignment, you are going to make a Wordle by choosing words that you feel best represents your identity. This project is designed to provide you with a new perspective of identity presented in a visual representation while at the same using words to foster understanding. Students are required to submit their completed assignment on their Blogger page that they created in the last assignment. Grading for this assignment will be conducted with a rubric that will measure design consideration, quality of work, depth of reflection, and timeliness for project submission.

To complete this assignment, you must create a list of words that describes who you are. You can include anything from traits and qualities to likes and interests. Once you have completed your list, navigate to Wordle.com. When you land on the Wordle home page, click ‘create’ at the top of the page. This will open a new page where you can insert your words either by typing them in or pasting them from another source. When you have entered all of your words in the box and you are happy with your choices, click ‘go’. Your Wordle will appear before you; however, you can make adjustments to the design of your Wordle before submission if you are unhappy with the result. Above your Wordle, you can click on language, font, layout, and color, and play around with the various options provided until you are happy with the final result. When you are finished, click on ‘save to public gallery’ and you will be taken to a new page where you will see your completed Wordle. On this page, press the print screen key on your keyboard. This key is usually found on the top of your keyboard. Pressing this key will create a screen shot of your screen. Open your photo editing program and paste your Wordle into a new image. Edit your Wordle in any way that you find necessary, than save it to your computer as a jpeg. The next step is to upload your Wordle to your blog and write a brief summary discussing your experience creating your Wordle including any new thoughts or perspectives of what identity means to you or how you see your identity. Be sure to respond to at least two other students blog posts providing constructive feedback related to their completed projects and summary. The final step is to take part in the scheduled live chat session to discuss the project.