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Description of Tool:
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. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

How does tool apply to your curricular area?
For English, a student can type a paper into Wordle and see what words they use the most and tend to repeat. It can help them learn to find synonyms to replace words they repeat too much.

For math, students can draw M&Ms and for each one they draw, type the color into Wordle. The y can use the Wordle to compare the size of color words and and amount of each color in the bag.

Where does tool fit in Digital Blooms and why?
It enforces creativity, understanding, and possibly applying what they see to the task they have relating to the Wordle.

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