Wordle - the app du jour

There’s been a bit of talk about Wordle on the lists lately, and we have also talked about using it in the classroom on our Technology Focus blog.

It’s an application that can be overdone, but used judiciously as an intriguing book promotion, it can be pretty effective. Here’s an example of the popular Stephenie Meyer title Twilight (not that it needs much promoting!) It was created very quickly just by copying the text of the review into the Wordle creator and tweaking the colours, layout and font.

This is best viewed by clicking on the image. Have fun.

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