Creative Ways to Use Wordle

I came across this great post the other day and felt I should share it. It discusses a variety of different ways to use wordle. (Wordle is an application that allows you to create word clouds. Wordle allows you modify the "cloud" by changing its organization, colors scheme, and allows more prominent words to stand out.) This post from the "Whiteboard Blog" discussed a few different ways to use wordle in the classroom. I used the "Guess the Story" suggestion to review and spark discussion about previously read stories from our anthologies. Below is an example of one I created using wordle on our story "Cliffhanger."