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The purpose of this blog is to share my thoughts and reflections regarding the use of technology in the classroom. Here you will find posts regarding my own teaching experiences, and links to useful resources. I hope that you find my posts interesting and I invite you to comment and share you thoughts.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Wordle

A Wordle is a tool for creating a collage of words from text that you provide. Words that appear more frequently in the source text appear larger and bolder in the Wordle. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share.

Here is a Wordle that I created using the Internet Safety Tips for Teens provided by the OPP.

Source: www.opp.ca

3 comments:

  1. Hey Marcia, i tried to do this but my computer wouldn't allow it. it could be the firewall or one of a million other things, I have no idea how to change the firewall. i can see how this would be a very valuable LA tool.

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  2. I love this! It worked fine on my mac - what a great creative writing exercise this could be, very artistic and poetic.

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  3. Hmmm...too bad that it didn't work on your computer, Billie. I used a Mac to make this wordle, but I have also used this application on my school computers (Windows), without a problem. I wish I had a quick and simple fix for you!

    Peter, glad to hear that you liked trying out Wordle!

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