There is an expression, third time the charm. After trying two tools that didn’t grab my interest (Toondo and quizlet), I had fun with Wordle. It is easy to use and great for a novice. All you do is type or paste the words -quote – headline, etc, you want, and the tool creates a clever arrangement. Play around with font, layout, color, to your hearts content. Copy the design for posters, tee shirts, reports, or use as a PDF. The site is licensed under Creative Commons; all the developer asks is that people credit the site.
For a person lacking the art gene (that would be me), Wordle manipulates the graphic design in ways I never could. I believe students and teachers will like it, too for the infinite variety of eye-catching visuals it creates. I can imagine a wall full of these designs in an English or History class. Because of the random – and/or alphabetical -arrangement of the words, different words or concepts will stand out and be reinforced.
Wordle is fun and clever and would be a great tool for students and educators to add some cool design to their work, classrooms – and who knows what else!
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Patty Nathan
// Nov 9, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Wordle is definitely fun. Your ideas are great. How about a MS English class or an ES language arts class using it for synonyms for a writing activity? The ways are endless. I think it is a great tool that the students would have fun with as well.
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