Word-cloud Process and Reflection

 In creating my word cloud I wanted to pick words that I feel could stand on their own, or serve as a jump-off point for someone's further research. For example, I think that most of the module can be summed up with the ideas of community and empathy, as these serve as the basis of culturally-responsive teaching. Other words and phrases such as decolonize teaching practices can serve as a starting point to lead to more research. A simple google search of the term reveals a wealth of information in the form of articles, videos, books, and presentations. I think this shows something I think is really important when it comes to teaching and teaching practices, while it is nice to have resources given to us, we have to take it upon ourselves to continually search out this information. In past assignments, I have advocated for following teachers on social media who discuss these issues regularly, I would like to do that again today. Finding even one person on one social media who advocates for those with different identities can be instrumental for your education and understanding. It also needs to go further than just your career as a teacher, check out movies, tv shows, music, podcasts, etc by people that challenge your ideals and ideas!

Making this word cloud was rather fun, I may have spent too much time on the fonts and colors but in the end, I think I ended up with a nice looking word cloud that quickly and conveniently displays the major ideas of the module.