{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"smdillon","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/smdillon\/","title":"The Beauty of Wordle","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7Y0Z8Q5NNI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/the-beauty-of-wordle\/\">The Beauty of Wordle<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/the-beauty-of-wordle\/embed\/#?secret=7Y0Z8Q5NNI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Beauty of Wordle&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"7Y0Z8Q5NNI\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"As I have been retooling my curriculum this summer I have fallen in love.\u00a0 The subject of my affection is no other than wordle.\u00a0 Wordle, if you don\u2019t know, is a \u201ca toy for generating \u201cword clouds\u201d\u009d from text that you provide.\u201d\u009d The overall effect is powerful, and I\u2019ve been figuring out ways to use it in my library classes as well as ways to suggest its use to classroom teachers.\u00a0 The following are some of the ideas that I\u2019ve seen online and come up with myself! Book recommendations Students can write book recommendations as they have in past years.\u00a0 But instead of posting a hand written \u201ccard\u201d\u009d with their book blurb, they will create wordle recommendations either by copy and pasting their text, or listing character traits, plot points, genre and conflict. Tall Tale Character Creation Every year my second grade students study tall tales in depth.\u00a0 At the...","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/thumb\/wrdl\/3921552\/schoolstacy"}