This is a presentation that is created in part to fulfill the requirements of the the course on Universal Design for Learning (T560) at the Harvard but also to share with fellow educators the use of Wordle in the Classroom.

1. WORDLE by
in the Classroom Paviter Singh

2. Using Book Builder
Coaches
Will give you tips related to
Pav the classroom application
of wordle
Will give you technical /
Teecha technology related tips
and assistance
Will remind you how
Smarty wordle is related to UDL

3. Using Book Builder
Take Note
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Action Tasks click
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Visual Guides red circle
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Emphasis text in bold Without...

4. Using Book Builder
Access
Visit the Contents Page
Contents Page for an overview of the
entire book
At the bottom of the page,
Navigate click on left arrows to go
between pages back and right arrows to
move forward
At the bottom of each
Listen page, click play to listen
to the Author to the instructions
on the slide

5. What is Wordle?
Wordle is a free online tool that enables you to generate word clouds
When you enter a body of text, the tool generates a cloud that gives
greater prominence to words that appear more frequently within the text
you provide
The greater the number of times a word appears within the text, the larger
that word will appear in your cloud
The tools allows you to customize the layout, font and colors scheme of
your wordle clouds as well as save or print them out
Wordle Cloud of
President Obama’s
speech at the
State of the Union

6. Step 1:
Get Online
Open a browser to the
internet
We recommend you use
the Firefox Browser for
best results

7. Step 2:
Go to Wordle.Net address panel
In the address panel of your
internet browser type in:
http://www.wordle.net
Then click the ENTER key on
your keyboard

8. Step 3:
Creating a Wordle Cloud
There are two methods to
create a wordle cloud
Selecting the right method for
you depends on your
intended purpose
Tip: Think about how you
intend to use this tool in
your lesson?

9. Step 4:
Selecting the right method
Reason for creating a
wordle cloud
To “engineer” a wordle cloud by
To nd out which words
allocating prominence to some
occur most frequently
words (through a simple
within a body of text
formula) and not others
METHOD 1 METHOD 2

10. Step 5:
Using Method 1
PURPOSE:
To nd out which words occur
most frequently within a body
of text
Use METHOD 1

11. Step 6:
Using Method 1
Click on ‘Create your own’ click here

12. Step 7:
Using Method 1
Without closing the internet
browser to wordle
Select the body of text that you
would like to create a wordle
cloud out of
Right click and select the copy
option

13. Step 8:
Using Method 1
Return to the internet
browser that is open to
wordle
Point your mouse to the
window where it says ‘Paste
in a bunch of text’
Right click and select the
paste option

14. Step 9:
Using Method 1
Click on the GO button
Wait for between 10 - 20
seconds click here
The next thing you see will
be your completed wordle
cloud!