Wordle

WORDLE Make your own word cloud! I give the students this URL so that it takes them PAST the gallery (which can contain inappropriate wordles): [|www.wordle.net/create]

Check out what Michael Gorman has to say about Wordle in this awesome blog post: [|www.techlearning.com/blogs/33184]



Examples:
 * Ways to Use Wordle in Library Class:**
 * Ask groups to create wordles for each of the Dewey Decimal categories
 * Wordle a book
 * Wordle a character(s) from the book...or...create a wordle from a character's point of view
 * Wordle of library or technology terms
 * "Get to Know You" --ask students to create a wordle of themselves: their activities, hobbies, favorites, books, movies, etc.
 * Introduce new books with a Wordle (include a picture of the book cover)
 * Genre wordles (can assign to groups)
 * Famous fairy tale wordles (don't include the title or character names...then ask students to guess which tale is represented)
 * Wordle your favorite poem
 * Wordle the book synopsis
 * Library Signs
 * Alphabetical Order Wordles
 * Author Wordles (using Authors from our bookshelves)
 * Author/Illustrator Biography Wordles (used Worldbook to research the author, found book titles, etc.)

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 * 8th graders: || 5th graders: ||
 * [[file:Literary_Wordle.doc]] || [[file:BookWordleProject.docx]] ||
 * 3rd graders: Dewey Wordles
 * [[file:TwilightWordleExplanation.docx]]

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