Tagxedo uses typed text to create a word cloud that can be manipulated into any shape you choose from the site or, as you can see below from a number of students, photos and images can be captured from an Internet search and used to shape the text.
Students had a great time working with the site and many even used the site at home. I hope this continues!
We will continue to use Tagxedo this year in the workshop to help students with the 'Sentence Fluency' and 'Word Choice' writing traits since the Tagxedo enlarges words that are used multiple times. It is a great visual reminder that varied words and sentences make for more interesting writing.
Check out the Tagxedos below... can you guess which one is yours?????