Friday, February 22, 2013

Wordle, Tagxedo, and now WordFoto

WordFoto is an app that I just learned about that functions like Wordle and Tagxedo.  If you have tried these tools and like what they do, you might even like WordFoto more. It configures both words and photos. Here is an example a colleague, Denise Krebs shared. After she created the WordFoto, she uploaded it to Flickr, where I was able to grab the embed code for the image and attribution.




cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by mrsdkrebs

Here are two others Denise created.



cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by mrsdkrebs



cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by mrsdkrebs

This last one was based on the poem, "And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—"

 Here is another one that she created, and offers this description of it:

 "Children's Literature is Central to Children's Literacy
Read to a child. It will build literacy.
This photo, "Child Reading, by Dihl et Guerhard Manufactory (Boston, MA)," was taken by takomabibelot on Flickr, shared with CC BY 2.0 license. I edited it with WordFoto on my husband's iPod." [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsdkrebs/5913123665/in/set-72157628988824805/]

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by mrsdkrebs

To learn about WordFoto visit the site and the gallery of examples available at the site.

Here is a direct link to the app at the Apple Store, where it is priced at $1.99

To learn more about Denise Krebs, a junior high school teacher, I am including a video her students created about the concept of the Genius Hour, an exciting approach to student learning that a host of teachers have begun to implement in their classrooms.


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3 comments:

  1. garden faerieFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:15 AM

    I love how creators continue to take ideas one step further. I used Wordle last year, then I tried Tagxedo recently this year. I am excited to try WordFoto because I can really customize the concept I am trying to convey/express.

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  2. Jamee FreitagFebruary 24, 2013 at 9:19 AM

    I love the idea of WordFoto! I feel as though this would be a great application to use when introducing a topic to the class. Also, it would serve as a creative final project by having students create a WordFoto based on everything they've learned throughout the unit.

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  3. Andrea HugginsFebruary 26, 2013 at 4:48 PM

    I was first introduced to Tagxedo and Woordle last year, and I thought both sites were great! I used the Tagxedo website to actually help create a team logo last September. Seeing how WordFoto expands on the ideas of these sites is great, it almost makes the finished product 3D looking at the above examples. I can see students getting really excited about using a tool like this to complete a school project etc. I definitely have plans of using this site myself in the near future.

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