WORD ART

Tired of looking at the blank walls in your class?  Can’t think of a new way to decorate your classroom?  How about letting your students create art for your room using WORD CLOUDS.  Today I used WORDLE to create a word cloud.  With this tool I submitted a collage of words related to math, using the words that I wanted to stand out more, most often.  Once I submitted the words the website formatted them for me.  You can have the website rearrange them for you until you get a layout you are happy with (that is one of the downfalls - you cannot do a custom arrangement).  Another way to use this website is to have you students create a word cloud based on a subject you are teaching.  For instance, at this time my students are working on solving equations.  Some words related to equations are substitution, addition, linear, slope, axis, parallel and etc (which reminds me of another flaw-you can only do single word.  You will not be successful trying to do words such as ‘right angle’).

 

However, this is a free tool.  It is fun and you can be as creative as you like. 

 

  http://www.wordle.net/