This week's challenge can be very addicting. It is a simple program called Wordle that produces "word clouds" from the text you select. These "word clouds" create an artful representation of the written word and highlight the words most frequently used. You can use it to analyze a speech or written article. It can be used as a form of poetry to share valuable thoughts. Students own writing can be analyzed and much more.
I will be drawing a winner from all of the entries on October 28.
Check out our growing Wordle Gallery! Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing.
 McCain's speech at the Replublican National Convention. I created this by pasting the text from the speech into the Wordle Text box.
 Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention.
 This is the Mount Vernon School District Vision Statement
 I created this by typing in my Delicious user name. Delicious is a Social Bookmarking site we will look at in another challenge. The words in this Wordle are the tags for my bookmarks.
 This Wordle was created by typing in the URL to my travel blog. You can type in any URL with an RSS feed and create a Wordle. | Challenge:
1. Watch the tutorial.
2. Create a Wordle
3. Save the Wordle to the Gallery.
4. Copy the Worldle URL from the Gallery view.
5. Send the URL address to me at mthornburgh@mv.k12.wa.us
6. Bonus: Embed your wordle on your blog or website and send me the link.
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Week 7: Wordle |