WORDLEin the Classroom by

Paviter Singh

Using Book BuilderCoaches

PavWill give you tips related to the classroom application

of wordle

TeechaWill give you technical / technology related tips

and assistance

Smarty Will remind you how wordle is related to UDL

Using Book BuilderTake Note

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Using Book BuilderAccess

Contents PageVisit the Contents Page for an overview of the

entire book

Navigate between pages

At the bottom of the page, click on left arrows to go back and right arrows to

move forward

Listen to the Author

At the bottom of each page, click play to listen

to the instructions on the slide

What is Wordle?Wordle is a free online tool that enables you to generate word clouds

When you enter a body of text, the tool generates a cloud that gives greater prominence to words that appear more frequently within the text you provide

The greater the number of times a word appears within the text, the larger that word will appear in your cloud

The tools allows you to customize the layout, font and colors scheme of your wordle clouds as well as save or print them out

Wordle Cloud ofPresident Obama’s

speech at the State of the Union

Get Online

Open a browser to the internet

We recommend you use the Firefox Browser for best results

Step 1:

Go to Wordle.Net

In the address panel of your internet browser type in:

http://www.wordle.net

Then click the ENTER key on your keyboard

Step 2:

address panel

Creating a Wordle CloudThere are two methods to create a wordle cloud

Selecting the right method for you depends on your intended purpose

Tip: Think about how you intend to use this tool in your lesson?

Step 3:

Selecting the right methodStep 4:

METHOD 1 METHOD 2

Reason for creating a wordle cloud

To !nd out which words occur most frequently within a body of text

To “engineer” a wordle cloud by allocating prominence to some

words (through a simple formula) and not others

Using Method 1

PURPOSE:

To !nd out which words occur most frequently within a body of text

Step 5:

Use METHOD 1

Using Method 1

Click on ‘Create your own’

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Using Method 1Without closing the internet browser to wordle

Select the body of text that you would like to create a wordle cloud out of

Right click and select the copy option

Step 7:

Using Method 1Return to the internet browser that is open to wordle

Point your mouse to the window where it says ‘Paste in a bunch of text’

Right click and select the paste option

Step 8:

Using Method 1

Click on the GO button

Wait for between 10 - 20 seconds

The next thing you see will be your completed wordle cloud!

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