Tuesday's Tech Tip
45 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom
Word Clouds: 45 Ways - and counting!
Wordle is a very interesting web2.0 tool. It is a fun application that creates "word clouds" from text that you may provide.
The key words or words that occur repeatedly in the text become prominent in the cloud and the ones which are used the least are the smallest units of this cloud. The visual aspects of word clouds are eye-catching, which in turn, provides many opportunities for educational use.
HOW CAN I GET STARTED USING WORDLE?
Go to Wordle Main Page and click on "create." You will then be directed to the page where you can either:
- Paste in a "bunch" of text
- Enter the url of any blog, ar any other web that has an atom or rss feed.
- Enter a delicious name to see their tags
So How Can I Use This In My Classroom?
46 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in Classroom