fun with text: word clouds

7/30/2019 Fun With Text: Word Clouds

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Dig Deep to learn!!! Start with Tom Barretts Forty-Four Interesting Ways* to use Wordle in the

Classroom.

Check out Shelly Terrells 12 Word Cloud Resources, Tips, & Tools.

Marisa Constantinides hasanother great post with word cloud examples.

Phil Bradley also has a nice post comparing word cloud apps.

Michael Gorman has a great post with a lengthy title: I Can Back Off My

Blogging, Turn Down My Tweeting, And Even Wrap Up My Wiki, But I Cant

Wane My Wordling. At the bottom of that post you can also find links to several

other Wordle-related posts he has written.

Michael Gorman has a great post with a lengthy title: I Can Back Off My

Blogging, Turn Down My Tweeting, And Even Wrap Up My Wiki, But I Cant

Wane My Wordling. At the bottom of that post you can also find links to several

other Wordle-related posts he has written.

Learning With Computers, the excellent online global community of ESL/EFL

teachers exploring how to effectively use technology with students, has this

months activity focused on using word clouds with students. Check-out the wiki

filled with examples, and contribute your own.

The best Resources for learning about

Word Clouds
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/02/wordle-closed-alternatives.htmlhttp://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/02/wordle-closed-alternatives.htmlhttp://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2010/02/10/tech-tools-pedagogy-ii-word-clouds/http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2010/02/10/tech-tools-pedagogy-ii-word-clouds/http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/02/14/12-word-cloud-resources-tips-tools/http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/02/14/12-word-cloud-resources-tips-tools/http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5http://arcall.pbworks.com/Marchhttp://arcall.pbworks.com/Marchhttp://arcall.pbworks.com/Marchhttp://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/i-can-back-off-my-blogging-turn-down-my-tweeting-and-even-wrap-up-my-wiki-but-i-can%E2%80%99t-wane-my-wordling/http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/02/wordle-closed-alternatives.htmlhttp://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/02/wordle-closed-alternatives.htmlhttp://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2010/02/10/tech-tools-pedagogy-ii-word-clouds/http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2010/02/10/tech-tools-pedagogy-ii-word-clouds/http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/02/14/12-word-cloud-resources-tips-tools/http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/02/14/12-word-cloud-resources-tips-tools/http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5


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Tagxedo is a new and neat word cloud generator. The creator of Wordle calls it

not so much an alternative to Wordle as much as Wordle the next

generation.

Russell Stannard from Teacher Training Videos has just made ahow to video

on creating and using different Word Cloud generators. He also has written a

good post titled What Is A Word Cloud?

War Words is an interesting interactive from The Wall Street Journal. It shows

word clouds to illustrate how U.S. Presidents have spoken about the Iraq War

since 2003. Im including it in this post as an example of how they can be used.

The Answer Garden is an intriguing combination of a survey tool and a word

cloud generator. Without requiring any registration, it lets you pose a question to

which people can write their own short answers. The answers appear as a word

cloud below the question, with the words changing in size based on how oftenthey are used in responses. Responders have the option of writing in their own

answer or clicking on one of the words already in the word cloud. The entire

garden can be embedded in a blog or website, and you can also link to it. The

fact that anybody can answer anything to the question without identifying

themselves makes it problematic to say the least in many school settings.

But in certain mature situations, it could be very useful.

Free Tools Challenge #10: Word clouds with Wordle comes from Edublogs.

Type in a user name into Tweet Topic Explorer and youll get a multi-colored

word cloud in bubbles.

Using Wordles To Teach Foreign Language Writing is a useful study.

Summer PD: New Teacher Boot Camp Week 1 Using Wordle comes from

Edutopia.

Word clouds considered harmful is an interesting post from the Nieman

Journalism Lab.

HTML5 Word Cloud: Text Analyzer is from Devalyne Britt via Laura Gibbs.

Jason Davies has developed a newinteractive world cloud generator that lets

you use Twitter, Wikipedia or a URL address.
http://timc.idv.tw/wordcloud/en/http://timc.idv.tw/wordcloud/en/https://plus.google.com/113573951076999325893/postshttps://plus.google.com/111474406259561102151/postshttp://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teacher-boot-camp-wordle-lisa-dabbshttp://llt.msu.edu/issues/june2011/actionresearch.pdfhttp://llt.msu.edu/issues/june2011/actionresearch.pdfhttp://tweettopicexplorer.neoformix.com/http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/2011/04/02/free-tools-challenge-10-word-clouds-with-wordle/http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/2011/04/02/free-tools-challenge-10-word-clouds-with-wordle/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/wordCloud/index.htmlhttp://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/#http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.twitter.com%2Fsearch.json%3Frpp%3D100%26q%3D%7Bword%7D@cloudhttp://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/#http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.twitter.com%2Fsearch.json%3Frpp%3D100%26q%3D%7Bword%7D@cloudhttps://plus.google.com/111474406259561102151/postshttps://plus.google.com/111474406259561102151/postshttps://plus.google.com/113573951076999325893/postshttps://plus.google.com/113573951076999325893/postshttp://timc.idv.tw/wordcloud/en/http://timc.idv.tw/wordcloud/en/http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/10/word-clouds-considered-harmful/http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/10/word-clouds-considered-harmful/http://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teacher-boot-camp-wordle-lisa-dabbshttp://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teacher-boot-camp-wordle-lisa-dabbshttp://llt.msu.edu/issues/june2011/actionresearch.pdfhttp://llt.msu.edu/issues/june2011/actionresearch.pdfhttp://tweettopicexplorer.neoformix.com/http://tweettopicexplorer.neoformix.com/http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/2011/04/02/free-tools-challenge-10-word-clouds-with-wordle/http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/2011/04/02/free-tools-challenge-10-word-clouds-with-wordle/http://answergarden.ch/http://answergarden.ch/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405320085384564.htmlhttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/wordCloud/index.htmlhttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/wordCloud/index.htmlhttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/wordCloud/index.htmlhttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/wordCloud/index.htmlhttp://blog.wordle.net/2010/04/tagxedo-is-amazing.htmlhttp://blog.wordle.net/2010/04/tagxedo-is-amazing.htmlhttp://www.tagxedo.com/http://www.tagxedo.com/


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The Assignment

1. Using Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) create an image that describes you!Minimum of 25 words, but the more words the better, the more words you use,the more interesting your design will be. Be warned, Wordle does not seem to

work with Internet Explorer, try Safari, Firefox or Chrome. You might have toinstall the JAVA plug-in and restart your browser.

2. iPad Users: Apps for making word clouds on your Ipad are listed at the bottomof this document with links to the app store. Look at all before deciding which

ones to use.

3. Take a screen capture (picture) of your design, this will give you an image that

can be added to your website. Instructions for how make a screen capture at on

the Help Logo of Week 2.

4. Now make a SECOND Fun with Text project, using Tagexdo, OR Tagul or oneof the tools mentioned in the article 12 Cool Word Cloud Generators or in the

resources above or from the options listed on the Fun with Text page from the of

the Technology Keys Wiki. Or on the iPad an different app.

5. The topic for this second image you are making should be about teachingOR education OR school OR technology OR teachers OR your content area,

OR....???? Something or anything related to education.

6. Take a screen capture of your second design, this will give you another image

that will be added to the SAME post/place on your website.

7. Write a reflection to go with the 2 images. How you think you could use these

types of tools in your classroom, make sure your reflection has at least onespecific curriculum idea and show both the images your made along with the

reflection. Both images and the reflection are one entry on your website.

Title: Fun with Text-Word Clouds

A few iPad App possibilities (there may be others, do some hunting andshare in your reflection what you find.
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WordFoto $1.99http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordfoto/id414002091?mt=8WordFoto - Pictures Worth a Thousand WordsYou've probably heard the tired cliche about a picture being worth a thousandwords. We've taken this phrase quite literally and created WordFoto, an app

that turns photos and words into amazing typographic works of art.

Wordsalad Freehttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8Make great wordsalads out of documents that matter (or not) to you! WithWordSalad you can make beautiful word clouds, super customized withdifferent fonts, colors and words layouts.

CloudArt .99https://itunes.apple.com/app/id598345649Unleash your creativity by making beautiful word clouds on your iPad.Simply give Cloudart some text from a web page or paste some into the appand it will automatically create a gorgeous word cloud for you in seconds.Next, get busy with the intuitive sliders to customise your cloud to your heart'scontent.When you're happy with your masterpiece, share it with friends!

Visual Poetry $1.99https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visual-poetry-w ord-collage/id364299857?mt=8Type your text or phrase and watch it instantly arranged as a mosaic in avariety of shapes and styles. 24 symbols are included or you can draw you ownshapes. Pinch and drag to resize and rotate individual words.See examplesand demo videos at: imagechef.com/poetry

TagCloud .99https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagcloud/id540921415?ls=1&mt=8Make beautiful tag clouds from your iPhone and iPad! Create a word cloudfrom a web page, custom text, your own spreadsheet file, or try sample cloudsincluded with the app. The app comes with more than 25 different styles ofclouds, from plain black and white style to fun and colorful. Share your cloudwith the world by exporting the cloud high-res image to your photo library,email or tweet.iCloud-enabled universal app (iPhone & iPad). Your saved tagclouds will be available to all your iOS devices.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagcloud/id540921415?ls=1&mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagcloud/id540921415?ls=1&mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visual-poetry-word-collage/id364299857?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visual-poetry-word-collage/id364299857?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/app/id598345649https://itunes.apple.com/app/id598345649https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagcloud/id540921415?ls=1&mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tagcloud/id540921415?ls=1&mt=8http://imagechef.com/poetryhttp://imagechef.com/poetryhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visual-poetry-word-collage/id364299857?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visual-poetry-word-collage/id364299857?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/app/id598345649https://itunes.apple.com/app/id598345649https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordsalad-your-salads-redefined/id545164778?mt=8http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordfoto/id414002091?mt=8http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordfoto/id414002091?mt=8


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Word Collage .99Create stunning word collages on your iPhone and iPad! Set up a collagewith your text(or website URL), different layouts, fonts, and color themes.Simply start by clicking on the "Text" button. Add some text or input a websiteurl. Select color theme and font in Settings. Select Landscape or Portraitorientation. Word Collage even lets you pan and zoom the picture.

Phoetic - The amazing photo word cloud generator 99Create beautiful phoems with your own photos and text! A phoem is animage consisting of text only. Choose your own words, select your favoritephoto, pick a font and color palette and turn them in a work of art toimpress friends and family. The result can be stored as a PNG, JPEG image

or even a PDF document to allow for printing at extremely high resolutions.

TypeDrawing $2.99TypeDrawing is the best typographic drawing app, and V3.0 makes a giantleap forward. TypeDrawing is super easy and perfect for creating

typography art and even unique watermarks on your photos. Type asentence, then just draw with your finger. Voila! You've now got a one of akind, totally unique and amazing typographic work of art. If you lovetypography, or even if you don't know what that means, you can easilycreate poetic visual art with this fun and easy-to-use app.

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