Thing 20

Gliffy is something I have only dabbled with in the past.  I have never really used a graphic organizer.  Visually I am impressed with the materials that Gliffy is able to put out.  The interface is usable but you have to be careful with trying to change items once text has been entered.  Redoing or correcting is not necessarily quick and easy. I will share this site with staff and students when they have need for graphic organizers.
I chose a Venn Diagram because I am often sent humorous ones so I thought I would give it a try.

I am a Strong believer in the use of humor in teaching and and it education.  I make it a point to include humorous material in most of my staff to staff communication.  Using humor raises the likelihood that my audience (teaching staff) will actually read what I have sent them.  Teachers are notorious for not opening email or leaving it unopened until past the optimal time for viewing it.  Any tool that aids me in that endeavor is worth using and learning.  In so doing I can model the use of this program and then help teachers learn and use it too.

TAGXEDO

I have used Wordle for a few years now and I have shared it with students and staff.  I have not been acquainted with Tagxedo until now.  I like the features it has and I feel that the ability to save and share Tagxedo graphics exceeds Wordle. It is more user friendly in that way. 

Word clouds are entertaining and informative.  They provide a nice graphics for instruction to use with visual leaders.  Tagxedo is easy enough for most any student to use.  Going forward I will show staff and students both Wordle and Tagxedo but I think I will recommend Tagxedo.