Wordle

Wordle is a great application to show what words are most common in a document. It is also presents this in beautiful graphics that students enjoy. Another great feature is that you can click on language, after you have created the Wordle image, and at the bottom of that drop down menu, you can click on Show Word Count and a new window opens and you can look at the words used and their frequency. If you click on Frequency it puts the words in order of how often they are used. This can be interesting for the kids. You can use it for word usage--variety is a huge area for improvement for my students and this really helps drive it home.

Here is a Wordle created from a student's twisted fairy tale starring Tiffony, the glass slipper.