Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. 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, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
You must visit www.Wordle.net and hit create to see just how easy it is to use. You can view the gallery to see recent “Wordles.” Below are some thoughts on how you might go about incorporating Wordle in the classroom:
- Copy and paste your notes or the pages of a text on your next topic to produce a Wordle. Show it to class and ask them what they think the next chapter might be about based on the words they see.
- Have students create Wordles using articles or text from on-line sources and compare them to the sources their classmates choose. How are they are similar and different?
- Have students create a Wordle using the text from a daily newspaper and use it to discuss current events.
Classroom Engagement Tip for October 9, 2008
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