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This article suggests using 'wordle' to create a 'word cloud' from a selected text. It works really well in historical sources (or modern articles) for bringing out key terms. It's also a really efficient way for students to 'scan' a text to see if it might be relevant when researching - particularly for those who read slowly, or for ESL students who are daunted by large blocks of text - and it looks very nice too!

Textbearbeitung mit Wordle, text analysis with wordle

You might find this site useful with your classes. The example here is the word cloud generated by Wordle from our History Teachers Group site. Quite fun. You can print them out, so might be useful for classroom decorations...?

Presidents, like everyone else change and adapt over time.  Use the Wordles of last years speech and this years to compare the to speeches and make connections to your own life after you have viewed the speech.  

Wordle use

much like wordle, but has some cool options for students to be creative. Also has download/save options that are nice!

Really cool to use for compare/contrast and visual literacy.