Wordle
Wordle
is a program that is used to create patterns and shapes with a list of text of
the user’s choice. Once the list of words has been entered, the user is able to
pick the font, the layout and the color that will be applied to the list of
words. Once the Wordle is created, there are four different options that can be
chosen. The first option is “open in window”; this allows the wordle to be
viewed in a separate window. From here, you can continue to change the layout,
font and color of the wordle. The second option is “print”. The third is
“randomize, this will randomize the layout, the font and the color of your
wordle as many times as you want. The last option is “save to the public
gallery”. This option allows the Wordle to be saved to the website making it
viewable by the public. Saving in to the public gallery will also give you a code that can be pasted into a blog or home page to link to the
Wordle.
When
I was creating my Wordle, I found the program to be overall easy to use. To
create a simple “word cloud” a list of words could be efficiently entered right
from the home page. The options to change the layout, color and font of the
wordle was then brought up that was also easy to navigate through. One aspect
of wordle that I found frustrating is that if you wanted two words to appear on
the same line a ~ had to be entered between each word. This took some reading of
the FAQ’s to figure out which was time consuming. Also, some of the FAQ’s were
key information for creating a wordle that should have been found in some sort
of directions or guidelines on the home page.
Overall,
I believe Wordle is a fun program for teachers to display a list words to their
students. The appropriate age students to use this program would be middle
school because some aspects of it are difficult to use. Although middle school students
would be able to navigate through this program, they may be uninterested by it
or even find it boring.
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