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This is a webslides tour of ideas for using Wordle in the classroom.

Detailed description (and video) of a vocabulary game using wordle word clouds. The blogger had created a wordle and covered up the words with with rectangles. Students came to the SMARTBoard one at a time to touch the rectangle and reveal a word. Then they used a spinner to tell them to use the word in a sentence, tell how many syllables, or give a synonym or antonym. The rectangles were colour coded by degree of difficulty so the teacher could differentiate instruction. You can download the Notebook file, and the blogger promises a tutorial for this idea.

Two practical ideas for using Wordle on a SMARTBoard.

Ideas for importing text to wordle and using that text in a lesson to discover the "gist" of an article or poem.

This is a toy for generating word clouds from text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, colours, and layouts. Take a screen shot to save your creation as there isn't a way to export as a jpeg. Wordles would make great title pages or slides and could be a fun class brainstorming activity or a way for kids to practice writing their spelling words.

Paul Hamilton reviews 5 sites similar to Wordle...

Detailed description of a vocabulary game using wordle word clouds.

Wordle-type application designed specifically for elementary kids. Also includes excellent games at every level...very nice graphics, especially strong early alphabet and counting, seasonal. Activities such as 100 snowballs or make a face would be excellent for mouse practice.

Similar to Wordle except you can save to a file instead of having to take a screenshot...also lets you create shapes such as whales with your word cloud.

The details about the following nine word cloud generators will give you a fair idea how, as an educator, you can get the best out of them. The generator at ABCYA is safe for kids.