Jun 202008
Friday evening, Project Runway on tv, lappie on the couch. Time to play.
Had some fun with Wordle. After playing with TweetStats yesterday, wanted to get those tags and use them in Wordle. Unfortunately they weren’t weighted. So result is a bit bland but still fun.
Wordle is set up to link with del.icio.us and because it does weight those tags, the result is much more impressive!
Embedding in a blog post requires a little editing of embed code – need to take out all the spaces.
Could be used to introduce a topic in class? As result of a discussion thread?
Hi Joyce,
If you’d like, I certainly wouldn’t mind taking a few minutes and extracting the weighted values out of TweetStats for you. I’d be interested in seeing the result and haven’t had a chance to play around with Wordle yet myself. Just send me an email with what you need.
Damon (@dacort)
Joyce, your tip on taking out all the spaces to make the Wordle look more effective and not blurry was on target. You really helped me improve the effectiveness of my Wordles on my blog.
Since I use blogger, I looked at the code and almost gave up. I couldn’t figure out what you meant by leaving out all the spaces. Then I remembered that your Wordles were smaller than mine, so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try reducing the pixels in the code.
Reducing pixel size really worked, although I had to compromise on size and blurriness, because I used pastel or light colors. Next time, I will use bold colors.
Yes, I agree Wordle has great potential. I believe there are many ways to use Wordle in the classroom and enhance instructional strategies.