Wordle Word Clouds

I love the Wordle word clouds.  Wordle is a wonderfully visual way to draw attention to important pieces of information that might otherwise get burried. I have seen Wordle used in schools often.  Recently students created a personal Wordle by entering characteristics that applied only to them.

As for using Wordle myself... I had some difficulty getting the Java plug in to work on my computer.  I am using a Mac OS with Google Chrome and according to my friendly error message, Chrome does not support Java 7 on a Mac OS.  So... I had to do all Wordle creating in Safari instead.  No biggie - just something to remember for the future.

NETS T 2000 Standards Wordle:

NETS T 2000 Wordle

NETS T 2008 Standards Wordle:

NETS T 2008 Wordle

Visually, it seems there is a focus shift from teacher-focused in 2000 to student-focused in 2008.
Also, learning seems to be a bigger focus in 2008, although it was important in 2000, and 2008 standards are worded more in 'digital' terms than in 'technology' terms.

NETS:
1c - Wordle could be used as a tool to clarify a student's conceptual understanding of a topic.
3d - Wordle would be helpful, digital tool in analyzing important information from a vast amount of text.