Tagxedo

I found a site, similar in concept to Wordle called Tagxedo and it looks SO COOL!

You take word clouds and manipulate them into images such as the ones seen here. You can choose a variety of fonts, colors, and sizes. The site takes the document you upload and emphasizes the words based on frequency, like Wordle.

I think this would be an EXCELLENT activity to use with characterization. The students could pull descriptions from the text to enter into Tagxedo, then compose them to create a portrait of the character (or themselves). Check out their list of 101 Things To Do With Tagxedo too.

You can have these designs printed, shared digitally, or printed on t-shirts! Due to my undergraduate degree in Graphic Design, this site just seemed like too much fun not to mention!

And yes, even Tagxedo begs to ask, what team are you on?