Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds

I had the opportunity to train the Computer Lab Assistants on Friday, September 26th, and the topic of wordles came into discussion. This is the link: wordle.net Here is a wordle I made for our EC teachers.



There were a couple of tricks that came up during our discussion and I thought it would be a good idea to share on my blog. I did learn a couple of new things myself. First of all, if you need to go back to add words for the word cloud and you do not want to retype all of your words again in the word box, hit the refresh button and you will be taken to your word box to add words to it.
Second, you can print your wordle from the internet site or save it as a PDF. You can also do a screen shot and save your wordle as a jpeg. There was a word of caution to be careful when you have the kids on the homepage of the wordle. Different types of word clouds are posted on the main page, so it may be a good idea to already have the create a word cloud up so that students can begin typing as soon as they sit at their computer.

Quote:
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler