Wordle for the Classroom

Wordle is an easy to use and free Web 2.0 tool. "Wordle is a tool that creates a graphical display to show the frequency of word usage in a text, web page or document. This is called a Word Cloud. The bigger the word is, indicates its dominance of usage. As I’m sure you know; Visual Feedback can give a more lucid understanding of what you read." (source: http://www.techedknow.com/?p=56)

I think both teachers and students will see some advantages in using Wordle plus it's a fun activity that can change up a lesson.

Here are some resources that I recently discovered...

• Web 2.o and Education Blog: Wordle--Word Clouds
• Technology and Education Box of Tricks: Wordle--Using Word Clouds in a Lesson
• Technology Education Know How: Wordle in Education (this one here has plenty of lesson examples)