Regardless, I am SO excited by being able to blog about How to Make a Collage of Words in Any Shape! So many people know about Wordle which lets you make awesome "word clouds," but today we're going to play around with a fun website called Tagxedo, which in my opinion, is like Wordle on steroids!
This option swept the technology poll, leaving us with yet another landslide!
Now, onto the tutorial! Head over to Tagxedo to play along!
You can download this tutorial as a PDF by clicking this picture!
Note: This tutorial is hosted on Google Docs. To save it from there, just
open the file and click File > Download to save onto your computer!
I'm having such a hard time figuring out what to add to the poll! For now, I'm going to add one of my ideas, but after I pick a winner for Part 2 of my 500 follower giveaway, I'm going to start using some of those ideas in my poll!
In the meantime, I think I'll add a Blogger tutorial, how to add a "Pin It!" button to your blog!
This is great! Thanks for all your tutorials. They are WONDERFUL
ReplyDeleteAww... you always make me blush! Thanks!!! :)
DeleteGreat post!! Love your tutorials! Fab!!
ReplyDeleteAnn Marie Smith @ Innovative Connections
Thanks! Glad you like them!!
DeleteThank you so much for sharing this information! I am definitely using this for projects this school year.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Glad you'll be using it! The kids really love it!
DeleteThank you so much for this tutorial! I am going to make some for school and for my own kids. They are going to love it!!!
ReplyDeleteKatie
So glad you'll be using it! There are endless possibilities... sight words, brainstorming... I'm glad you'll be finding uses for home and for school!
DeleteI love your blog!!! I am awarding you the Versatile Blogger award!! Stop by and pick it up!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this tutorial! I love the word clouds!
Cindy
All Things Teachery
Thank you so much!
DeleteThank you so much! This is so helpful. I was just on the site fooling around and you helped answer a lot of my questions!!
ReplyDelete-Jaime
Bright Concepts 4 Teachers
:) Glad it helped! I figure most of the site is easy to play around with, so I was worried the pictures might be way too much detail! I'm glad some of them helped!
DeleteI just went and did this and my word art turned out fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat's so exciting!
DeleteI love Tagxedo! I tried to use it at school, but our school computers are missing something (flash or java or something- I forget!), so I used Tagul instead. It's pretty cool too and the kids found it pretty easy to use. Just another one to add to the list! :)
ReplyDeleteAh yes, microsoft silverlight... It's a really quick and easy download if you can convince your school to let you do it! I haven't heard of tagul yet, but I'm excited to check it out! Thanks for the tip!
DeleteGreat directions! It would having taken me a long time to figure it out on my own:) Love it!
ReplyDeleteI am new to blogging and I have been trying to figure out how to get the small buttons in a row for MBtfGt. Do you have directions for this on your blog or could you consider writing one. I would sooo appreciate it.
Check out my blog ... A have some fun freebies too.
http://www.cathedralkindergarten.blogspot.com/
Creatively yours,
Charlotte
Hmm... those actually came with my blog template (The picture window template) so I'm not sure offhand how to add them, but I'll definitely add it to my list!
DeleteSorry for the typos in my comment. I could not find an edit button.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte
No problem, it happens to the best of us!
DeleteI love all of your tutorials! Thank you so much!
ReplyDelete:) Thanks!!!
DeleteI can't wait to try this out! Thank you for your tutorials they are so clear and easy to follow for a non-techie like me :)
ReplyDeleteCarla
Playful Learning Brooklyn
I try to make the easy for everyone to do... even it technology isn't your "second language!" :p
DeleteI have only done this in basic shapes, thanks for introducing me to a world of options! I can't wait to use it with my upcoming class.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you'll be able to utilize it with your new kiddos!
DeleteThis is great! I've seen people selling these as Christmas gifts for around £10 without a frame - certainly saves me some money and I love that you can literally write whatever you like so every single one is meaningful! Thank you so much :)
ReplyDeleteThat's an amazing idea! I'll have to keep that in mind for birthdays as well!
DeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteNo problem!
DeleteThank you so much for the tutorial...I was looking to make a collage for my Father-in-law's bday as a gift....This will make it very easy!
ReplyDeleteI do have a doubt though, please if possible clear it for me. So when we select the shapes and paste the information...some words are more highlighted than others...is it possible for everything to be the same size...You see I was wanting to make a canvas print out it this collage...Kindly let me know if it's possible. Appreciate your time and patience!
I love the idea of giving it as a gift! In terms of making everything the same size, there is a way to do it. Tagxedo talked about it on their blog here: http://blog.tagxedo.com/customizing-individual-words-color-angle-and
DeleteI'd have to play around with it to test it out, it talks abut the frequency modifier and I'm not sure exactly where that is (and I'm on my ipad now so I unfortunately can't test it). I'll try to play around with it when I get a chance! And you should be able to print it on canvas as well... I'm sure snapfish has an option for that on their site!