I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and starting off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of identity and online presence . . . .
The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
i've been playing with wordle & made individualised clouds that i was able to present to some folks who had worked intensely to organise a celebration of refugees. The wordle cloud reflected each person efforts & priorities while encapsulating the group context & teamwork -itz a very cool tool
:) minh
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Derek Chirnside <derek.chirns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and starting > off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of identity and > online presence . . . .
> The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text > that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear > more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different > fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are > yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the > Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:19 PM, minh mcCloy <mizm...@gmail.com> wrote: > i've been playing with wordle & made individualised clouds that i was able > to present to some folks who had worked intensely to organise a celebration > of refugees. The wordle cloud reflected each person efforts & priorities > while encapsulating the group context & teamwork -itz a very cool tool
> :) > minh
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Derek Chirnside <derek.chirns...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>> I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and >> starting off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of >> identity and online presence . . . .
>> The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text >> that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear >> more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different >> fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are >> yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the >> Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
You have used the word 'celebration', So we can celebtrate online, and I think this is such a quick neat way to do it. The other activity it supports is 'Fun'. :-)
Here is my question: what is the energy barrier to a newbie? How did it go?
> http://taggalaxy.de/ > a whole new relationship with flickr images > :) > minh
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:19 PM, minh mcCloy <mizm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> i've been playing with wordle & made individualised clouds that i was able >> to present to some folks who had worked intensely to organise a celebration >> of refugees. The wordle cloud reflected each person efforts & priorities >> while encapsulating the group context & teamwork -itz a very cool tool
>> :) >> minh
>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Derek Chirnside < >> derek.chirns...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and >>> starting off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of >>> identity and online presence . . . .
>>> The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from >>> text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that >>> appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with >>> different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with >>> Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save >>> them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
> I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and starting
> off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of identity and
> online presence . . . .
> The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text
> that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear
> more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different
> fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are
> yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the
> Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
> http://taggalaxy.de/ > a whole new relationship with flickr images
> :)
> minh
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:19 PM, minh mcCloy <mizm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > i've been playing with wordle & made individualised clouds that i was able
> > to present to some folks who had worked intensely to organise a celebration
> > of refugees. The wordle cloud reflected each person efforts & priorities
> > while encapsulating the group context & teamwork -itz a very cool tool
> > :)
> > minh
> > On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Derek Chirnside <derek.chirns...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and
> >> starting off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of
> >> identity and online presence . . . .
> >> The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text
> >> that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear
> >> more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different
> >> fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are
> >> yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the
> >> Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
> I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and starting
> off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of identity and
> online presence . . . .
> The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text
> that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear
> more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different
> fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are
> yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the
> Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
I thought it would be fun to enlarge and print the Wordle to display
in the classroom.
The Wordle also might be useful to jumpstart a discussion about course
topics (either in the classroom or online) but I haven't quite worked
it though yet. :-)
Terry Morris
On Jul 7, 5:20 am, etalbert <ela...@talbert.com.au> wrote:
> > I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and starting
> > off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of identity and
> > online presence . . . .
> > The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text
> > that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear
> > more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different
> > fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are
> > yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the
> > Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
I've added Einstein's Theory of Relativity, a Shakespearean play, and a few other literary works from Project Gutenberg.. quite interesting to see what terms come through as dominant...
Might put in my M.Ed thesis next... and my working draft of my PhD exegesis...
[mailto:teachAndLearnOnline@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of etalbert Sent: Monday, 7 July 2008 6:21 PM To: Teach and Learn Online Subject: :: TALO :: Re: Fun little toy: wordle
Hi there
Wordle and tagcloud are fascinating little tools. I tried to put my del.icio.us tags into wordle and had no luck. I'm up for another try.
What clouds have others tried to produce?
Elaine
On Jul 5, 8:50 am, "Derek Chirnside" <derek.chirns...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was thinking about the facilitator/modertator/teacher thing, and starting > off classes or events online with newbies, crerating a sense of identity and > online presence . . . .
> The official blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text > that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear > more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different > fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are > yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the > Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
> Actually more than a toy.
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