Wordle

Wordle
[|Wordle] allows a person to generate “word clouds” from text that a person types. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out for viewing.



Tips
1. Type the text in Microsoft Word, and then copy to the Edit box in Wordle. 2. To keep words together use a tilde ~ between words. For example, Web~2.0 3. The more times you type the word or phrase, the larger it will appear on the Wordle. Hint: Make the title repeat the most. Use Control-C (copy) and Control-V (paste).

Other Resources

 * [|Help Sheet] by Jennifer Wagner
 * [|Help] with Wordle - Keeping words group together and blocking inappropriate content

Some Project Ideas

 * Compare and contrast
 * Personal narratives
 * Classroom polls
 * Student profiles
 * Document analysis
 * TeachWeb2.0 Wordle Ideas
 * [|Bright Hub]

Project Samples

 * Wordle Book Ads - Project directions and student handouts
 * [|News Article Comparisons]

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