Wordle is an application that generates “word clouds” from provided text. Greater prominence is given to words that frequently appear in your text. Wordle allows users to format their cloud with different fonts, colors, and layouts. This is a versatile tool that can be used by anyone.
I used Wordle with a group of first graders to publish their rhyming books which they created using word families. We used WordleAdvanced to weight each line of their poem so they could read their jumbled poem by following the text as it gradiates from largest to smallest font. The students were able to use the program with ease and were very excited with their finished product.
If you’d like to play with Wordle, go to http://www.wordle.net/.
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