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Word cloud generators
Targu Mures, 2011 May 25thIwona Moczydlowska, MSCDN Siedlce
Web 2.0 programmes applied to adult education
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Word clouds generators as Web 2.0 tools
Web 2.0 key features
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Definition of a word cloud generator
Web based application for creating graphical representation of any text;the most frequent words from the text are represented in bigger size.
Word cloud generators
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Word cloud of a word cloud generator
Word cloud created by ABCYa
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How to make a word cloud?I. Go to the word cloud site II. Open the word cloud applicationIII. Enter your text into the text box Typeor Copy and pasteor Specife the URLor Upload a fileIV. Click on Submit/Visualize
Word cloud generators
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Making a word cloud with Wordle
The text to be processed into a word cloud has been copied and pasted into the Wordle text box
Description of the ITAAT project copied from the ITAAT website
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Word clouds of ITAAT project description
The same text, different results made by Wordle
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Examples of wc generators
Tagxedo
Various applications, different capabilities, different results
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Representation of ITAAT website www.itaat.eu (made by WorditOut)
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Different results Text Words Cloud
Representation of ITAAT website www.itaat.eu (made by Tagxedo)
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Text settings Ignoring words Common words/stop words/words frequently used Words containing 1/2/3 etc. letters
Removing punctuation characters
Displaying words Multi-word phrases (add ~ between two words
and they will be displayed together) Stemming (+language support) – grouping words
of the same family, for example teacher, teachers will be displayed as one word in good wc generators
Word cloud generators
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Words settings Entries placed according to count alphabetically randomly
Case to display most common lowercase uppercase
Word cloud generators
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Cloud settings
Word size (proportional to the number of times found or all words are the same size)
Colours (of background; words)
Fonts
Layout direction (horizonatally, vertically, mixed,
randomly)shapes (geometric, organic) cloud margin
Word cloud generators
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Advanced capabilities
Shaping the cloud in a form of your own uploaded image - Tagxedo
Connecting words in the cloud to web pages – Tagul Viewing words definitions in an online Visual Thesaurus -
WordSift, VocabGrabber Combining words with Google images and videos -
WordSift
Word cloud generators – extra
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Ways of publishing wc Print Save to the public/private gallery Save as an image on the computer disk Paste Print Screen into a Word text or
PowerPoint presentation Embed E-mail Post to Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc.
Word cloud generators
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Why should we bother to use wc? attractive beautiful fun more than lists and graphic organizers informative stimulating allow creativity, expression and imagination enhance critical thinking simple and easy to use it’s free!
Word clouds characteristic
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Several ideas for using word clouds
Word clouds in adult education
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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 cloud generators
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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 cloud generators
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How word clouds are used in MSCDN?
Embeded in the MSCDN ITAAT blog to summarize information, to facilitate learning, to show connections, to decorate.
Mazovian In-Service Teacher Training Centre Siedlce Department
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MSCDN ITAAT blog Polish website of ITAAT project available only to invited
readers. Address: http://iwonam3.blogspot.com
aims: 1) provide Polish members of ITAAT with information about the project (language – Polish); 2) promote Web 2.0 technology
content: project description, info about the partners, project materials, current information (topics, tasks, meetings), intercultural issues
Web 2.0 programmes used so far: Blogger
Google Docs, Slideshare, You Tube, Podomatic, Picasa, Survey Monkey, Jigsaw Planet, Wallwisher, Tagxedo, Tagul, ImageChef (and also other tools like Photo Story 3, Hot Potatoes)
Mazovian In-Service Teacher Training Centre Siedlce Department
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MSCDN ITAAT blog
Mazovian In-Service Teacher Training Centre Siedlce Department
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Mazovian In-Service Teacher Training Centre Siedlce Department
Information Technology Applied to Adult Training