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=What is Tagul? =

Tagul is a web tool that allows you to create word clouds within a determined shape and link your words to URLs. Tagul creates unique word clouds that can be embedded in webpages or printed.

=What are the benefits of Tagul? = > Check out these other Tagul resources and reviews: ====Stay updated: Tagul Blog ==== TeachersFirst: Tagul Review TESOL Convention Review: Tagul Review
 * ====It is free, but you do have to sign up for an account to get started. ====
 * ====Tagul can be used to research: [] ====
 * ====Create word clouds into a variety of regular shapes like hearts, stars, circles and rectangles . ====
 * ====Link words to definitions ====
 * ====Scratch words that you do not want in your cloud. ====
 * ====Tagul is interactive; each word can be linked to a URL ====
 * ====It can be embedded into webpages and blogs or can be printed ====
 * ====Will allow you to use text from an uploaded file ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Allows you to reshuffle text, change colors/font and theme ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Link tabs and add hyperlinks to text ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Unlike Wordle, you can save your Tagul projects in your account for future use or editing ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Tagul clouds can be viewed on devices without flash support like ipad, iphone, etc. ====

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 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Watch a brief tutorial of Tagul below. You can also view a more detailed tutorial here.
 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Explore the examples below.
 * 2) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Create your own Tagul account.
 * 3) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Click "CREATE NEW CLOUD"
 * 4) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Brainstorm how you can use a Tagul cloud for your students or in a professional setting.
 * 5) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Determine what shape you want and what words you want.
 * 6) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Create your cloud, including at least 3 links to words.
 * 7) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Click "Save Changes" and be prepared to share!

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">How can I use Tagul in my classroom?
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal/Blog reflection: Students can copy and paste their journal/blog entries in Tagul and notice the words used most frequently. Student can edit their writing by using a thesaurus and using a variety of vocubalary.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Use Tagul as a KWL activity: Students can type in words they already know on a new subject. They can complete activity again at the end of the unit to see how much they have learned.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Vocabulary Practice: Students can type in their vocabulary words and link to definition for study.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Classroom Polls: Instead of using the typical bar graph, enter students votes in Tagul and view the results. The bigger words will be the words entered most often.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Positive Notes: Have students share positive adjectives describing each classmate. Use the words in a Tagul to create a personalized positive word cloud for each student.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Speeches/poems/text: Find the most commonly used words in the passage (such as the “I Have a Dream” speech)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Article: 108 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Article: How Can I Use Tagul in my Classroom

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Examples: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">1) ECI 546: New Literacies & Media <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">2) Types of Butterflies

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Be sure to scroll over the words in each and click each word to visit the associated link.

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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Check out the Tagul Gallery for more examples: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Gallery