http://tagul.com/Go to

and register

You can create

up to 10 word

clouds. Click

on create.

Type in the

words you

want

researched

Repeat words

you want to

appear larger

in the word

cloud

http://www.wordnik.com/

Choose a site to use

for the research.

Tagul automatically

uses google. I have

chosen Wordnik.

Or any online

dictionaries and

encyclopaedias

You could also

use Visuwords,

Eyeplorer,

lexipedia.

Type in a word

to search

Highlight the

URL before the

word you typed

in and copy

Highlight the

link before the

‘$’ and paste

the new URL

It should

appear like this

Keep as lower

case

Click on Fetch

tags

Select a shape

for your word

cloud

Select fonts, you

can choose more

than one.

Select angles for

the words to

appear or select

random and then

click on >>

Click on

‘build a cloud’

The word cloud

will be

generated

Click on preview

Your word

cloud will

appear. If you

are not happy

you can go

back and make

alterations.

I have noticed

that too many

are upside-

down

I have changed

the angles and

click on build

cloud again

Select Style

Options.

Select

colours for

text,

background

and rollover

colours

Click on

Preview.

If you are not

happy with the

colour

combination,

click on

refresh.

Here is a new

colour

combination

Move your

mouse over a

word and click

It should go

to Wordnik and

give

information on

the word you

selected

Click on

finalize, choose

the size of the

word cloud,

save and copy

the embed text

You can then

add your word

cloud to your

blog or

virtual

classroom.