Thing #5

Task: Create a WORD CLOUD based on one of the ideas in the resources below.

My word cloud (based on Interview Tips):

Created in Tagxedo

Word Clouds allow users to copy and paste text and create images from the most frequently used words. The larger the word appears in the cloud, the more frequent that word occurs in the text.

Ideas for how to use word clouds in the classroom:

• Five Ways to Create Word Clouds (includes tools that make word clouds in shapes) 
• Forty-Six Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom (a Creative Commons slide presentation you can share with your teachers)
• Using Wordle in the Classroom
• Five Reasons to Use Wordle in the Classroom
• Guess the Wordle - guess the theme of a new Wordle every day
• Top 20 Uses for Wordle
• Ways to Use Wordle in Your Classroom (a SlideShare presentation with lots more ideas)
• Teaching Shakespeare with Word Clouds