I tried using Wurdle early in the semester and while I was able to create the wurdle with ease, I wasn't able to publish it. I took screen shots of the two wurdles I created and will share one of them here.
As you can see, I wasn't able to figure out how to rotate the image (I did rotate it on my website). I was frustrated that I couldn't figure out how to publish it or create a link for it.
Since I like the idea of word clouds, I decided to try Tagul and I had a much better experience with navigating the site and I love the animated word cloud. I was able to create the word cloud quickly and I prefer it to Wurdle product. It was a breeze to find the code to embed it on my website.
As you can see, I wasn't able to figure out how to rotate the image (I did rotate it on my website). I was frustrated that I couldn't figure out how to publish it or create a link for it.
I can see creating word clouds with my students as they would love it. Many of my special education students struggle with various aspects of writing so it can be a painful part of the day for my students and me. They could dictate words or pick words from their stories/sentences and tagul would generate animated word clouds to help their words come alive. I'm going to try it with my students!
I looked up how to embed widgets in this blog and spent a long time trying to figure it out but no luck. Luckily, my classmates Barb and Ann Maria saved the day and showed me how to embed it.
