ABCya: Word Cloud for Kids


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 Using ABCya! Word Clouds for Kids

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This information last checked: 10/21/2016

 

 

 

Getting Started 

 

Word Clouds for Kids is a word cloud generator designed especially for children. A word cloud is a graphical representation of word frequency.  

 

Learning How 

 

  1. Open the site
  2. Type or paste text into the box and press the arrow button to view the word cloud
  3. Change the appearance of a word cloud using the graphical buttons above the cloud
  4. Save and/or print the cloud by simply pressing button 

 

Word Cloud Example 

A word cloud create using Dr. Dance's 2014 State of the Schools address

 

Ideas for Use

 

Check out 108 ways to use word clouds in your classroom  

 

 

 

 
Substitution
Augmentation
Modification
Redefinition

Provide multiple means of

Representation (Content)

   
Visualize a speech, report, or other body of text as a cloud of words arranged by frequency.   

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Action and Expression (Product)

     
Students can create a word cloud to illustrate information that they have researched and the relative importance of the information.  

Provide multiple means of

Engagement (Process)