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Marcel Proust “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but having new eyes.” - Remembrance of Things Past (In Search of Lost Time). Wordle. “Word Cloud” “amplification of cognition by visual means” Free Web 2.0 Tool
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Marcel Proust “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but having new eyes.” - Remembrance of Things Past (In Search of Lost Time)
Wordle • “Word Cloud” • “amplification of cognition by visual means” • Free Web 2.0 Tool • Created by Jonathan Feinberg(IBM) and launched in 2008 • “Information Visualization” • The more frequently the word appears, the larger the font; weight = word count
Editing Wordle • Font • Layout • Horizontal vs. vertical • Rounder vs. straighter edges • Maximum words • Reduce # of words to say 50, from 150 • Color • Preset patterns • Custom palette
Using Wordle • Save in Gallery • Click Save to public gallery • You will need a username • Print Screen • Paste into Document • Print
Saving Wordle to the Gallery • Save to public gallery . . . • Look up past Wordles with your username
Print Screen • Click on Print Screen • Upper right hand corner of keyboard • You may need to use your function key Fn • Paste into document • Control V • Crop • Resize
Wordle Strategies in CTE • Explain – “Pedal Pulsation” - procedures • Interpret – Business Ethics • Apply – Math concepts: ratios in recipes • Shift Perspective – Branding • Display empathy – Journaling, Community Service • Reflectively self-assess – Resume, goal setting * Wiggins & McTighe “Six Facets of Understanding”
Wordle Advantages • Web based • No software to download or purchase • Easy • Fun • Quick • Works in foreign languages • Advanced features • Save & access through username
Wordle Disadvantages • Few saving choices • Wordle site • Screen shot • Gallery contains Wordles with inappropriate language • Start at www.wordle.net/create • Once saved, cannot edit
Wordle Hints • To keep words together • use quotes” • Use tilde~ • Delete word in Wordle • Right click on the word
‘Word Cloud’ Options • ABC Ya - (http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm) • Make Word Mosiac – (http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/) • TagCloud - (http://www.tagcloud.com) • TagCloudGenerator – (http://www.tag-cloud.de/) • Tagul - (http://tagul.com/) • Tag Crowd (http://tagcrowd.com/)
‘Word Cloud’ Options (continued) • VocabGrabber –(http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/) • Word It Out (http://worditout.com/) • Wordsift - (http://www.wordsift.com/)
Sources • www.wordle.net • http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-20-uses-for-wordle.html • http://centre4.core-ed.net/viewfile.php/users/10/1965015605/Wordle_QST.pdf • http://static.mrfeinberg.com/bv_ch03.pdf
YouTube Sites • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czup64zYRGo&NR=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDlFrU4Fh0A&NR=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxTM-0UaJ0&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Zcjk-nVCk&feature=related