WEB 2.0
ADVENT
CALENDAR
You have probably seen examples of word clouds created in Wordle where a piece of text is entered and then a word cloud is created where word size is proportional to its frequency in the text. Tagxedo has a similar function but provides more customization. For example, one could choose from several different built-in shapes or even upload their own image to have there word cloud in that shape. Look below and see my first try at Tagxedo where I used an image of myself (although one would never know it was me.) You can also customized the color scheme and simply use text from a website by entering the url of the page, or one could even type directly in a text box and the word cloud would be created using that text.
Click on a number each day of December to reveal a Web 2.0 tool. You could peek early, but what is the fun in that?​
All resources come from my blog Teachers Technology Toolbox or from my own site. I hope you find some great tools to use in your classroom this December. Click the 2012 to get back to the main page.