The ABC's of Wordle and Me!

Good Morning everyone!

Well today is a brand new day and I would usually be arriving in Noosa right now for my first lecture but alas I am stuck at home recovering from a bout of tonsilitis!

So rather than let it get the best of me, I have embraced the opportunity to catch up on some required yet highly wanted blogging time.

As you can see to the left, I have attempted to use Wordle. I think it is an innovative and exciting way to highlight key words and ideas from a stock standard black and white text.

Who can guess what text I used from our Week 1 engagement activities?

I am liking the colours I chose for the words but am not quite sure about the white background... Oh well, I guess I will just need to practice a little more. Starting small!

I have to say that it did take me a while to figure out where to paste the info to get the picture up! I worked it out though - YIPEE!

You just go to the HTML button when you are editing your blog and paste all the info (code) given to you (from wordle) right there. 

The code will look similar to this:
<a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5494001/learning_theory_2" title="Wordle: learning theory 2"><img src="http://www.wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/5494001/learning_theory_2" alt="Wordle: learning theory 2" style="padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd"></a>

Then when you go back to your 'compose' page you should notice that the wordle you have created should be on your screen! You can preview it too by just hitting the preview button on the top right hand corner when you are back in the composing page:)

So my ABC's when using Worlde are:

Photo sourced from Google images

A - Attempt something new - Have a go
B - Begin with some simple text
C - Choose some different fonts and colours.

Have a little play and see what you can come up with!

Well I am about to do some reading from Week 1, so stay tuned for another blog entry real soon.

Cheers everyone:)
Shells