To Create and Save a Wordle Word Cloud
Wordle word clouds can be created for many purposes.
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Use Wordle as a brainstorming tool to gauge previous knowledge of a topic or as a
summary tool to present key words for content review before a quiz or test.
After a video, field trip, or presentation, ask students to brainstorm words and phrases
that are important to remember.
End your lesson with a summary and print a Wordle for notes…
Create a visual representation of a topic..make word clouds of parts of speech or words
with a particular prefix or suffix, create a group of equations that all equal the same
number and type them in to create a cloud..assemble science unit vocabulary.
Present a Wordle and ask students to determine the relationship of the words, or ask
them to categorize the words.
Ask students to determine missing words and add them to the Wordle.
Ask students to create Wordles about key aspects of a content area reading assignment
or of a fiction book to assess their understanding of the reading.
Ask students to use the Wordle as talking points while explaining the words they chose
and why.
Present a Wordle with numerous words from a unit of study and as an assessment, have
students choose 5-10 words and explain their significance in a short answer for each.
There are many other ideas for use…
1. Go to www.wordle.net.
2. To create a word cloud, click
3. Enter the words for the word cloud. Spaces between words indicate to the
computer application to create separate words. To place two or more
words together, you must type them with no spaces in between. When you
have added all words, click Go.
A Wordle will be generated.
4. Format the Wordle font, layout and
color by using the toolbar in the
Wordle window.
5. There are several options for the completed Wordle.
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Select Open in window to allow viewing of the Wordle window only. Print
this window.
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Save to the gallery places the Wordle into the website gallery. (Cautionstudents searching here may come across inappropriate Wordles).
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It is not possible to save the Wordle as a file. However, you may create a
document containing an image of the Wordle. (This will not be editable.)
Saving a Wordle
To create an image of the Wordle window, press and hold the Alt key while
pressing the PrtSc (Print Screen) key.
Open a Word document and use the Ctrl key + V to paste the image of the
Wordle into the Word document.
Right-click on the selected image and open the Picture toolbar.
Use the Crop tool to crop away toolbars and parts of the image that you don’t
care to include.
Save the Word document file.
The image can also
be placed into the
Paint application and
saved as an image
file.
(Start-All ProgramsAccessories-Paint)