Tools for the designer: Voki and wordclouds

One dynamic way of taking profit from what this though notsonew Web 2.0 offers is making students work out words through their meanings expressed in a particular display: using wordclouds. Then, via Voki they can figure out if they have solved the word puzzle correctly, just by playing a sympathetic being who is going to say the answer. In the end, they will see the word by going to a specific link where there's an image with it (this can vary).

Fortunately, there are many possibilities when selecting a word cloud generator, each varying in their functions, displays, fonts, etc. I've tried out with Tagul when I wanted to work with a key element of Web 2.0, "community", and this was my production:

The students will have to go to a link (click on the picture) to get to the wordcloud. Then, this is what I've done with Voki and where they could find out whether they've come out with the right definition. It looked like:

...and there are many ways in which you can custom your little character, and what's more there's even the option of choosing the voice!

Finally, just a link to a picture to confirm that they have discovered the word in question.