Wordle

http://www.wordle.net

Create word clouds by pasting in text from:

Student writing

Story from text

Speeches

Poems

Vocabulary words

Definitions

Key terms

Student names

Descriptive words

Can also get text from any blog or site with an RSS feed

Tips:

• -Always type and save your text in a Word document and then copy and paste    it into Wordle.
• -If you want to give certain words more prominence, copy them multiple times.
• -If you want two words to appear together, place a tilde (~) between them.

            Heartland~Huskies

• -Right-click on a word to remove it from your Wordle
• -You have options to:

• Randomize
• Change font
• Change color
• Change orientation

Check out this link for educational uses of Wordle:

Forty-three Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom 

http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5

Joan Friesen

2/4/10