Using Wordle In The Classroom

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Wordle – www.wordle.net
Building word clouds
A year 7 student reflects on the holidays in a wordle http://gracie.globalstudent.org.au/

Google apps Keying these words into wordle:- word~processor sheet form presentation maps earth street video becomes the following word cloud.

Uses for wordle
Poetry in words
Revision terms
Capturing keypoints
General display purposes
Introducing new vocabulary
Spelling lists
Reflections
For online use
Printing

Instructions
Goto www.wordle.net
Click on create
Key in an appropriate number of words to form the word cloud.
Key words can be enlarged by just repeat typing the word. (Does not have to be consecutive)
To keep two words linked in the wordle, use the tilda key between the words eg word~cloud

Creating a word cloud
When complete, hit "go" button
Java will convert the words into a cloud. Press randomize until you are happy with the effect, or manually change the colours and font style.
If you press” save to gallery”, the next screen will give an embed code for online use in eg blogs, wikis, but this tends to be quite small, so it is better to get a screen shot and convert to an image file

Saving as an image
Press prt scr or print screen key on keyboard
On pc's, goto MS Paint>edit>paste and the wordle appears
Using the cropping tool, select the wordcloud>right click and copy or goto edit>copy>goto file>new>do not save changes>edit>paste.
Save as a jpg file ready for use in MS Word, or Powerpoint or other software types.

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