2010 July | Value Bookshop's Reading Notes

I came across a cool website that allows you to create very artistic word clouds like the one I did above. You can either type in your own words or type in the website that you want them to pull the words from.

So, why do I think this is cool? I figured that it can be used as an interesting education tool.

You can use it to introduce new words to your children (build up their vocabulary). For example, if you are teaching your children about Asia, you could create a word cloud on the countries in Asia plus whatever words related to Asia e.g. warm climate, oriental, noodles, spices, beautiful beaches, rice
After teaching your children about a certain topic, you can check their understanding by asking them to create a word cloud of words related to the topic. For example, after teaching my son about global warming, I asked him to list all the words that come to his mind related to that theme.

There is a button called “randomize” and every time you click it, it will give you a different word cloud (different style, design, colors, font). You can then print it out for your child.

Try it out. It’s pretty cool. Plus, it will indirectly help your children’s creativity.

Are you a digital scrapbook enthusiast? Or maybe you are thinking of picking up the hobby. Well, then you will be interested to know that you have an opportunity to win a $25 gift certificate from Scrap Girls Boutique.

What do you need to do?
Very simple really. Just tell them what is your favorite summer-time activity. Then they will choose a winner through the random number generator.

Where do you need to do this?
The contest is on a thread on their messageboard. So, just click here: MESSAGEBOARD

Good luck!

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