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Wordle Lyrics PC

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Wordle Lyrics PC
Swap Coordinator:jj9jj (contact)
Swap categories: Newbie 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:July 10, 2010
Date items must be sent by:July 24, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Have you been to Wordle.net? Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. My students had fun making wordles of the lyrics to their favorite songs. Can you guess the 2 I chose for the swap image? (The image didn't come out real clear - but you should still be able to guess them!)

For this swap make one PC for one partner with a wordle of song lyrics on it. It does not have to be the whole song - just the Chorus is fine. You can use the color combinations provided on the website - or be more creative - mount it on colored cardstock, color over it, etc.. My students printed theirs on watercolors they painted in art class and they looked awesome! Please send your partner a card you would be happy to receive yourself.

Since I have instructed over 100 8th graders in using the website, I will offer the following tips: - Find your favorite lyics on a website that will allow you to highlight them and copy them. -After you paste your lyrics in the the 'Paste in a bunch of text:' box - delete anything that is not lyrics (singer cues, 'Verse', 'Chorus', etc.) If it says Chorus 3x - copy and paste the Chorus 3 times. -After you click on the 'Go' button explore the menus just over the top of the Wordle for Fonts, Colors, Visual Layout, etc. - especially the "Maximum Number of Words' in the Layout Menu. -When I have my Wordle just the way I want it (on my Mac) - I use the print button just under the wordle and 'print' is as a .pdf - so I can resize it in another document to print. I work on Mac - but it was my understanding that it works the same on a pc. However - as I searched the web for another solution I found http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ which may help.

Newbie friendly as I can angel. Email me with questions.

Have fun 'Wordling'!!

PS - If you are having trouble making a .pdf/printing the right size - save it to the Public Gallery and send me a message with the info - the actual web address from your browser would be best - but I can find it with a wordle name and creator name, too. I will find it, convert it and email the wordle back to you as a .pdf and .jpg. Be sure to include your 'real' email in your message to me - as I think it is not possible to attach documents here in Swap-bot.

PpSs - If you are having fun 'Wordling' - check out the Wordle Lyrics ATC swap, too!

Discussion

rubyhousesliprs 06/28/2010 #

It is fun but on a PC you have to download 2 different programs so you can create a PDF from it. The program was "unsafe" from what my antivirus software told me so I didn't dare download them of course for fear of a virus. I was able to print what I made but it was full page size and I couldn't resize it, even tried on my printer settings. I had no way to save what I made so I could resize it. Is there another website similar to this I can try?

jj9jj 06/28/2010 #

Not that I know of. Can you get a screen shot of the Wordle? If not - save it to the Public Gallery and send me a message with the title/creator - and I will make the .pdf for you and email it back. Just be sure to PM me about it as it will show up as a new message there rather than posting here.

rubyhousesliprs 06/28/2010 #

I'll try the screen shot first, than let you know if I can't get it. Thanks!

rubyhousesliprs 07/22/2010 #

The first one I sent to my partner was damaged in transit, so I'm resending today, one naked, and copies in an envie.

Wibbly 07/28/2010 #

Lori thanks so much for the resend - I got the naked one today , really cheered me up , was a having a blue day :~) . Its swappers like you that make swapbot such a great place to be . Hugz Tania {aka Wibbly}

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