In this first activity I want you to create an image with words. You must use words related to Christmas, it can be something that happened to you or a friend, or it can be just an anecdote you want to tell us about.
Task:
- Use at least 15 different words related to Christmas.
- I want you to post it in the blog comments and in your class webpage if you have one.
- Make a comment explaining what you wanted to create or what it is about.
To do so, I am going to explain to you how to use Tagxedo Creator which is a perfect 2.0 tool for this activity.
1. You are going to enter this link http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html which takes you to the tool. You don't have to create an account to start using the tool.
2. When you open the website an example is shown. On the left side of the webpage there is a series of options from which you are going to choose the very first one that says ''Load...''.
3. Then a little window will appear above the image in which you have 3 options. In this window you are going t enter the words or text you want to use in your image. The first option says ''File Browse..'', here you can use a txt file from your computer. The second option (''Webpage..'') is to use a webpage as source of text and words. And the third option is the one we are going to use, where it says ''Enter Text'' you are going to enter as many words as you can, in my example I introduce the whole song of Itzy Bitzy Spider.
4. After you press ''Submit'' all the words you entered will appear random arranged as you can see. In the left side where it says Options, you will choose ''Shape''.
5. A new window will appear containing different shapes that you can choose, but you are going to add a new image from your computer by using the option ''Add Image...''.
6. When you add it, you can choose the threshold and blur of it as well as the type of brush used, and after that you press ''Accept''.
7. Then you will see how the words rearrange with the image shape you hava chosen. And if you don't like the colours or word order, you can change it by clicking the spinning arrow next to ''Colour, Theme, Font, Orientation, Layout, or All''.
8. This is my example in which you can see how I have changed the layout, colour and font of the words.
9. Finally you will click on ''Save, share, print'' and in the new window choose ''Web'' and write down your name and the title for the image, and click ''Submit''.
10. And now your will be shown a link to your image and the embedded code where it says ''IFrame code snippet''.
Evaluation:
- The quantity of words used.
- Cleanness of the explanation.
- Use of all the tools and option explained.
