TagCrowd and Wordle are both applications that provide a visual "cloud" of words that is created by the writer. TagCrowd is a "web application for visualizing word frequencies in any user-supplied text" while Wordle is a "toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes."
I created a Wordle on an article from one of the journals on my RSS feed and posted it on Delicious as a bookmark. Success!
I could see this being used as a tool by students in presenting a research project or at the beginning or end of a unit as an antipatory activity or closing activity.
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I'm enjoying reading your posts and glad you are finding value and ideas for use with your students! -Nancy
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