Word Clouds

I've used word clouds quite a few times in my classroom. The most memorable way we used the word clouds was through the website wordle.net last year while studying the unit about Anne Frank and the Holocaust. Students listed about 10 words that they felt related to what we studied. Then they entered them into Wordle and came up with a design. This design was printed out and they colored the words with fabric crayons. I ironed the designs on to a large sheet and we made a banner with everyone's designs. The students were so proud of their work.