Tried out this tool as suggested in a discussion list:http://www.wordle.net/(For more on how to copy and paste into a blog, which was a bit difficult see Nik's blog: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/09/using-word-clouds-in-efl-esl.html)
Allows you to create images with words - it gets the words you type in and randomly creates pictures.
Thought this might be useful in the classroom doing the following:
- type in a few words - use the word pictures to create a story (if done orally could be a great challange);
- instead of creating your run-of-the-mill word webs, create a Wordle image in order to revise lexical groups;
- visually attractive for a blog entry to stimulate a discussion
Alternatively you can work with complet texts. Copy and paste the whole text into the dialogue box, run the Wordle and use this to:
-present text taken from internet site such as the BBC World news -ask sts to look over the words and identify the current event the words refer to. (Good for more advanced sts).
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