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Wordle Lyrics ATC

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Wordle Lyrics ATC
Swap Coordinator:jj9jj (contact)
Swap categories: Newbie 
Number of people in swap:14
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 ATC for one partner with a wordle of song lyrics on it. The only rules are that it must be standard ATC size (2.5 by 3.5 inches) and feature a wordle in some way. 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' or can't get your wordle printed to ATC size - check out the Wordle Lyrics PC swap, too!

Discussion

jj9jj 06/27/2010 #

If any PC users have other solutions to making a .pdf file - please post your solutions here. I suppose scanning or taking a screen shot and resizing may work, too.

The FAQ on the website has the following:

Can I save as a PDF?

Sure!

There's a "Print..." button below the Wordle area, on the left-hand side. Press it. You will be prompted to allow the Wordle "Java applet" to access your printer. Please check the checkbox that says "Always permit", and accept the dialog.

On the Mac, you'll have to press the "Print..." button again. Boo.

Mac users can simply "Save as PDF" from their built-in printer dialog.

Windows users will need to use third-party software to generate a PDF from the print dialog. Adobe Acrobat is fine, but I happen to use the free-as-in-beer CutePDF Writer. I have no relationship to the folks who make CutePDF, nor do I take any responsibility for anything that might happen as a result of your using it. If you do use CutePDF, you'll also need to install Ghostscript, a free-as-in-speech PostScript interpreter.

The PDFs you make in this way are fully scalable, and suitable for making posters, T-Shirts, what have you. Please tell me about anything interesting you've done with Wordle.

jj9jj 06/28/2010 #

Just added to description:

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. I will find it, convert it and email the .pdf back to you. Be sure to include your 'real' email - as I think it is not possible to attach documents here in Swap-bot.

DavesMom 07/24/2010 #

This was SO MUCH fun to do! Thank you ♥

jj9jj 07/29/2010 #

Glad you enjoyed it!!

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