Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) and Tagxedo (http://www.tagxedo.com/) are two web-pages in with you can have fun with words! In the website the students type in words into a box, the more words the more fun it is! For words to come out bigger than others the student must type the word more than once, the more the word is repeated the bigger the word. When the students are done typing their words the student hit summit button and their creation appears! It is simple to use and fun when its done.
Both wordle and tagxedo are good resources to use for many classroom activities. In these two websites students can work on their vocabulary by memorizing words while they type them. It can also be used as an activity for the beginning of the year for students to get to know each other. Teachers can use it to introduce new lessons for the class, and the vocabulary for it. There are many ways to use wordle and tagxedo, we just have to be creative and find new ideas every day.
These are examples of what can be done with wordle and tagxedo:
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