This document discusses different word cloud generator tools - Wordle, Wordsift, and Tagul. It provides instructions on how to use Wordle and Wordsift with students, including turning texts into word clouds, comparing word clouds, embedding them in wikis, and using the visualizations to analyze texts, identify vocabulary, and write summaries. Wordsift additionally allows users to view related images and videos and rewrite sample sentences.

1. WORD CLOUDS
WORDLE & WORSIFT & TAGUL
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2. WORDLE
* Word Cloud Generator

3. HOW 2.0 USE WORDLE WITH YOUR
STUDENTS
 Turn a text or poem into a word poster.
 Show the word cloud for the reading text and let your
students guess what the text is about.
 Do brainstorming with your students, then copy the
results to the wordle.
 Compare and contrast the word clouds of your students'
essays.
 Ask your students embed their word clouds into your class
wiki.
http://www.wordle.net

4. WORDLE: OFFLINE ACTIVITIES
 Take a screenshot of your word cloud
and download it onto your desktop.
 Ask your students print out their word
clouds and bring them to the
classroom.

5. WORDSIFT developed by Stanford University
 Word Cloud
 Images
 Videos
 Visual Thesaurus
 Videos
 Examples from Source
http://www.wordsift.com

7. HOW 2.0 USE WORDSIFT WITH
YOUR STUDENTS- 1
 Copy the reading text you are planning to use with your
students and ask them if they can guess what the text is
about.
 Let your students identify the academic words in the
cloud, then click AWL option, and check their answers.
 Use Visual Thesaurus to discuss the related words with
your students.
 Ask your students click “create workspace” and write an
essay by dragging the words from the word cloud.

8. HOW 2.0 USE WORDSIFT WITH
YOUR STUDENTS- 2
 Have your students sift the text instead of skimming it
 Divide your students into groups of three. Click on the
unfamiliar words to show the images related to those
words, and ask them to guess their meanings.
 Use wordsift to identify the key vocabulary.
 Let your students watch the videos on the wordsift
website and ask them write a summary.
 Show your students “Examples from Source” part and ask
them rewrite the sentences.

10. TAGUL: Gorgeous Word Clouds

11. References
 http://www.brighthub.com/education/
k-12/articles/58905.aspx
 http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/20
08/10/top-20-uses-for-wordle.html
 http://www.techlearning.com/default.a
spx?tabid=67&entryid=209
 http://wordsift.com/site/about