I Love Wordle!

I've been able to play more with Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) lately, and it's awesome. Students can create their own word maps or clouds by making a list and customizing the font/color/layout. The more a word is used, the bigger it appears. There are so many speech/language therapy lessons that could be supplemented using this website. Here are some ideas for using Wordle during therapy:
1. Practice articulation goals. Add correctly produced target words to "word clouds" and print. Student will be proud of his/her work and document can be used for data collection.
2. Create synonym/antonym "word clouds".
3. Develop descriptions of characters from a story.
4. List key vocabulary from a reading assignment.
5. Describe self for back to school introduction activity.
6. List descriptive vocabulary for writing assignment (ex. summer vacation, holiday)
7. Reflect on a school field trip.
8. Poetry writing
9. Identify rhyming words
10. Interview a classmate and record their answer to specific questions.
11. Label items in a given category.
12. Name all the characters from a book.
13. List question words/starters for students have difficulty with question formation.

And many more...
I've really enjoyed experimenting with this fun, free tool to supplement learning.