Word cloud generators

1. Web 2.0 programmes applied to adulteducation Word cloud generators Targu Mures, 2011 May 25th Iwona Moczydlowska, MSCDN Siedlce

2. Word cloudsgenerators as Web 2.0 tools Web 2.0 keyfeatures

3. Definition of a word cloud generator Web basedapplication for creating graphicalrepresentation of anytext; the most frequentwordsfromthetext arerepresentedinbiggersize. Word cloudgenerators

4. Word cloud of a word cloud generator Word cloudcreated by ABCYa

5. How to make a word cloud? • Go to thewordcloudsite • Openthewordcloudapplication • Enter yourtextintothetextbox • Type or • Copy and paste or • Specifethe URL or • Upload a file • Click on Submit/Visualize Word cloudgenerators

6. Making a word cloud with Wordle Descriptionof the ITAAT projectcopiedfromthe ITAAT website The text to be processed into a word cloud has been copied and pasted into the Wordle text box

7. Word clouds of ITAAT projectdescription The same text, differentresultsmade by Wordle

8. Examples of wc generators Tagxedo Variousapplications, differentcapabilities, differentresults

9. Representation of ITAAT websitewww.itaat.eu (made by WorditOut)

10. Different results • Text • Words • Cloud Representation of ITAAT websitewww.itaat.eu (made by Tagxedo)

11. Text settings • Ignoringwords • Commonwords/stop words/wordsfrequentlyused • Wordscontaining 1/2/3 etc. letters • Removingpunctuationcharacters • Displayingwords • Multi-wordphrases (add ~ betweentwowords and they will be displayedtogether) • Stemming (+languagesupport) – groupingwords of the same family, for exampleteacher, teachers will be displayed as one wordingoodwcgenerators Word cloudgenerators

12. Words settings • Entriesplaced • according to count • alphabetically • randomly • Case to display • most common • lowercase • uppercase Word cloudgenerators

13. Cloud settings • Word size(proportional to thenumber of timesfoundorallwordsarethe same size) • Colours(of background; words) • Fonts • Layout • direction (horizonatally, vertically, mixed, randomly) • shapes (geometric, organic) • cloudmargin Word cloudgenerators

14. Advanced capabilities • Shapingthecloudin a form of yourownuploadedimage - Tagxedo • Connectingwordsinthecloud to webpages – Tagul • Viewingwordsdefinitionsin an online Visual Thesaurus - WordSift, VocabGrabber • Combiningwordswith Google images and videos - WordSift Word cloudgenerators – extra

15. Ways of publishing wc • Print • Save to the public/privategallery • Save as an image on the computer disk • PastePrintScreeninto a Word textor PowerPoint presentation • Embed • E-mail • Post to Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc. Word cloudgenerators

16. Why should we bother to use wc? • attractive • beautiful • fun • morethanlists and graphicorganizers • informative • stimulating • allowcreativity, expression and imagination • enhancecriticalthinking • simple and easy to use • it’sfree! Word cloudscharacteristic

17. Several ideas for using word clouds • presenting idea/topic/ • lead-in to a discussion • prediction • summary • reflection on • prompt to remember/reconstruct • revision of texts • textscomparison • articleintroduction • websiteanalysis • poemvisualisation • book/film review • resume in a single glance • topicresearchtask • vocabulary/grammarlanguageexercise • styling PowerPoint presentation • conference/workshop poster • nametags • brandcloud • ………….. Word cloudsinadulteducation

18. Resources • http://www.tagxedo.com • http://www.wordle.net • http://www.imagechef.com • http://www.worditout.com • http://tagul.com • http://www.tagcrowd.com • http://www.abcya.com • http://www.wordsift.com • http://www.vocabgrabber.com Word cloudgenerators

19. Resources • Tim Barret (red.), 52 Interesting Ways to use Wordle in the classroom, https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5&pli=1 • Terry Freedman, Word Cloud Shoot-Out, http://www.mirandanet.ac.uk/vl_blog/?page_id=1049 • Hardy Leung, 101 Ways to Use Tagxedo, http://www.tagxedo.com • Nik Peachey, Using Word Clouds in EFL ESL, http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com(3 Sept.2008) • Shelly Terrell, 19 Word Cloud Resources, Tips & Tools, http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/02/14/12 • Simon Thomas, Language Activities with Wordle and word clouds, http://www.efl-resource.com/language-activities-with-wordle-and-word-clouds-2 • Text + Image = Tagxedo: The Next Generation of Word Cloud Fun, http://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2010/06/19/text-image-tagxedo-the-next-generation-of-word-cloud-fun Word cloudgenerators

20. How word clouds are used in MSCDN? Embededinthe MSCDN ITAAT blog • to summarizeinformation, • to facilitate learning, • to show connections, • to decorate. Mazovian In-Service TeacherTraining Centre Siedlce Department

21. MSCDN ITAAT blog • Polish website of ITAAT projectavailable only to invited readers. Address: http://iwonam3.blogspot.com • aims: 1) providePolishmembers of ITAAT withinformationabouttheproject (language – Polish); 2) promote Web 2.0 technology • content: projectdescription, infoaboutthe partners, project materials, currentinformation (topics, tasks, meetings), interculturalissues • Web 2.0 programmesused so far: Blogger Google Docs, Slideshare, YouTube, Podomatic, Picasa, SurveyMonkey, Jigsaw Planet, Wallwisher, Tagxedo, Tagul, ImageChef(and alsoothertoolslike Photo Story 3, Hot Potatoes) Mazovian In-Service TeacherTraining Centre Siedlce Department

22. MSCDN ITAAT blog Mazovian In-Service TeacherTraining Centre Siedlce Department

23. Information Technology Applied to AdultTraining iwona.moczydlowska@mscdn.edu.pl Mazovian In-Service TeacherTraining Centre Siedlce Department