Wordle

=Wordle=

Wordle lets you create beautiful word clouds using any text that you copy and paste into their text box. You can also have Wordle read the words from a link to a Web page or the tags from your Delicious account to create a word cloud. To try it out, go to: []

Wordle Examples
Below is an example of a Wordle word cloud of Delicious tags. If you click on the image, you will go to the Wordle site and see a larger image:

media type="custom" key="6622939" width="170" height="170" Below is a Wordle which was gathered through a Google Docs Form from a number of WMS teachers who were asked the question: "What excites you about using technology to support writing and learning?"

media type="custom" key="10189433" The URL for this Wordle is: []

Below is an example of a Wordle created by a teacher entitled //A Good Start to the Year:// media type="custom" key="10189437"

This is a link to a Wordle of Robert Frost's //The Road Not Taken// poem: [] media type="custom" key="10189439"

Below is an example of a Wordle from Anonymous entitled //This is Me//: media type="custom" key="10189441" Do you think your students might like to create Wordles of This is Me for themselves?

Wordle Resources
Below are resources that will help you use Wordle:
 * **Why Use Wordle:** Click here for an analysis of Wordle by Rolando Navarro and Lisa Jurovaty: [|Rolando and Lisa's Doc. for Wordle.doc]
 * **How to Screen Capture and Embed a Wordle on a Wiki Page:** Click here for instructions on how to screen capture a Wordle screen, save it as a JPG image and embed it as a Widget from Kristine MacDonald, WMS Speech/Language Pathologist: [|How to Screen Capture and Embed a Wordle onto Your Wiki Page.doc]. Below is Kristine's example of her JPG embedded as a widget:[[image:wordle_slp.jpg width="800" height="475"]]