Tagxedo

Website review by Polly Conway, Common Sense Media
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Common Sense says

age 12+

Simple tag cloud creator gives words shape.

http://www.tagxedo.com/
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age 11+

Based on 2 reviews

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age 5+

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What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Tagxedo is a website that lets kids explore words in a visual way. Its simple format makes it a great place to turn for fun virtual flash card creation, text analysis, or just playing around with words. Kids might want to get silly with it at first, putting in swear words, etc., but they'll get to the point eventually.

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catherinee
catherinee Adult
October 19, 2014
age 10+

All in all it's a pretty good tool

This tool is an advanced version of wordle. It allows accents and the ability to type your word cloud into a shape which are things Tagxedo has that wordle doesn't. Tagxedo is a fun and handy tool for elementary students but isn't very applicable to high school students. This tool could be used in the business world if you want to promote and idea but that's about it.
Tjb1
Tjb1 Adult
October 7, 2014
age 12+

Tagxedo Review

Tagxedo is a super cool image/ word cloud maker. It is really an awesome tool because you can enter a website URL and it will auto generate an image made with words. The 101 Ways to Use Tagxedo page is a little hard to navigate and loads slowly, but it does contain some quality ideas. There's a Quick Start guide for new users, a detailed FAQ, and specialized tutorials which is really useful for getting good at it. This tool really isn't that useful for "learning" but it is a cool way to display visuals in presentations. As for the business world, it would be hard to put this to good use. However, a business could use this as a creative way for advertising. Tagxedo." Educator Review. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2014.

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What’s It About?

Tagxedo is a website that allows users to create word clouds from any text. What's a word cloud? It's a cloud made of words, of course. You input any words or text blocks into Tagxedo's interface, choose a shape and font, and the result is a cloud-like visual interpretation, with words appropriately sized to show their frequency in the text. The site can pull text from a user's Twitter account, blog, or any URL they type in, as well as custom words. Shapes include a heart, star, and apple, and there's a wide selection of fonts to choose from as well.

Is It Any Good?

Kids will love making customized word clouds, and Tagxedo certainly makes it easy to create a slick-looking image in just a few minutes. It seems basic at first, but there are a handful of ways to make the site a valuable learning tool (some of which are outlined in "101 Ways to Use Tagxedo," a helpful slideshow. The interface is extremely easy to manipulate and even younger kids should be able to play around with it.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Have kids think of as many words as they can that begin with a letter, then create a series of alphabet-shaped clouds.

  • Create a family word cloud after dinner, adding words that describe what you do best together and what makes you happy.

  • Have kids type in the words of a favorite poem or short story and select a shape that relates to the story.

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