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=West Jordan Elementary Computer Lab Wiki= The purpose of this wiki is to collect activities and websites that can be used during computer lab time and to facilitate sharing of curriculum and ideas that can be used in the computer lab at West Jordan Elementary. This website is designed to be used by teachers in planning their computer lab time.

=**Computer Ideas**=

Using Wordle ([|www.wordle.net]) and Tagcrowd ([|www.tagcrowd.com]) to help edit student's writing.

This idea was forwarded by Margo Shirely of the Jordan School District. Wordle and Tagcrowd websites allow text to viewed in a visual context. The size of words are increased by how many times they appear in the text. As students input their text, the largest words should be the main ideas and the smaller words should be the supporting details. This can help students analyze their own text or others by highlighting what is emphasized in an article or story. To have students use the sites in this fashion they should open the text file. Highlight the text and copy it. Then students should open the website and paste the text into the appropriate place.