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== What is Wordle? Wordle is a web 2.0 website that allows you to create beautiful word clouds. Words show up in different sizes depending on their frequency in the text that is inserted. The more often the word appears in the text, the larger it will show up in the cloud. Color variations, fonts, and text directions can be customized to give your Wordle the look that you want.

How to Create Your Own
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Classroom Uses

 * Compare and Contract activity
 * Example: Take text from a textbook on Athens and Sparta and compare the two Wordles to identify key differences and similarities in world history; North vs. South during Civil War US history; Plant needs vs. animal needs in science class.
 * Historical speeches and documents
 * Martin Luther King speech
 * Bill of Rights
 * FDR, Day of Infamy speech
 * Characterization in English class
 * Analyze poetry or song lyrics
 * Excerpts from novels to find common themes.
 * Characteristics of people, places, or things
 * Guess the Wordle

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Professional Uses

 * School or Division Mission Statement
 * Course Syllabus
 * Email Signature
 * Resumes: I used Wordle to create my educational philosophy for my administration portfolio for my internship. It gave my portfolio a pop of color and more visual appeal.

Wordles also make great gifts. They look beautiful framed.
Ideas:
 * Weddings: Use the Bride and Groom names, wedding date, location, etc in the colors of the wedding
 * Anniversaries: Take the lyrics to your wedding song and create a beautiful piece of art
 * Baby Gifts: Baby Name, birth date, name of mother and father, weight, height, hospital, etc. in the colors of the nursery
 * Use characteristics of mom and dad for Mother's or Father's Day
 * Funny quotes or inside jokes for friends birthday

Other Resources
Wordle website Five Reason to Use Wordle in the Classroom