by: Deborah Sweller EDIT 604 Mastery 1 WORDLE by: Deborah Sweller EDIT 604 Mastery 1

What is Wordle??? Generates word clouds Uses text you supply Words used the most appear the largest

How to use Wordle Find Wordle link: http://www.wordle.net/ Click Create on home page Copy and Paste the text Click GO

Customize your Wordle Change the font Change the color Change the shape of the cloud

Donald Trump Wordle

Hillary Clinton Wordle

What about Tagxedo??? Same concept as Wordle but….. You can customize the shape of the word cloud by using their ‘shape bank’ which includes shapes such as heart, star, plane, and many more It also has a shop where you can order t-shirts, mugs, and other items with your word cloud You also need Starlight installed

Analysis of Tool Easy to use: elementary students, middle school, and high school will find Wordle fun to use. Also, great tool for special education students to use. Gives a visual representation of a text other than in paragraph form. Students get to be creative and make something that reflects themselves Do not need to download any software to run Wordle Can be printed and/or saved

What subjects could benefit from Wordle? ELA Social Studies Government Psychology Public Speaking

Uses For the Classroom Study text of documents and speeches for key words Compare speeches and documents for similarities and differences Look at key words to determine the audience the document is meant for Look at most frequently used words to determine who a speech is trying to reach Study the key words to determine what kind of response the document wants to get from the listener or reader

We can compare the two candidates Hillary Clinton Donald Trump