My Take
I love this website and have used it with first, second and third graders. The students are very engaged and take great ownership in the creation of their word cloud. It's fun, it's different, and it's easy! I also really like that it is a website and the children can access it from home to create more word clouds of their own.
How I Use It
First graders used it for their unit on poems, third graders made Mother's Day cards with their images and second graders are not creating their "What I Am Thankful For" word clouds. They love it! I am looking forward to our Cinderella unit, and using with the students to compare and contrast different versions of the fairy tale.
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Rachel S.
William Annin Middle School
Basking Ridge, NJ
February 17, 2015
Becoming a Graphic Design using Tagxedo!
This was exciting way to introduce the students to the concept of graphic design which is a combination of word and image to communicate. The students enjoyed expressing themselves in word but were nervous about the picture. Once they realized you couldn't really "see" them, they liked combining the themes, fonts and fill styles until they got an image that appealed to them.
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Michele E.
Musselman Middle School
Bunker Hill, WV
June 19, 2014
A great way to add a visual introduction!
A beneficial and constructive tool for students.
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Nanette A.
June 18, 2014
Tagxedo is an excellent way for students to express themselves AND learn about their writing style.
I really enjoy using this product with students. It's not as user friendly as I would like, and it does have a small learning curve. It would certainly be best for the teacher to explore the site and create their own word cloud before having students use the site. Other than that, it is an engaging learning tool that is free, easy, and can be used for many writing activities. I also like that there is a gallery of Tagxedos created by other users, and it is easy to share Tagxedos with others.
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