Wordle
Blog URL: http://kathyschrock.net/blog/
I decided to run a Wordle query on this blog to get a sense for what I am really writing about. If you have never tried Wordle, the site defines Wordle as "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."
I decided to run a Wordle query on this blog to get a sense for what I am really writing about. If you have never tried Wordle, the site defines Wordle as "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."
I feel it is much more than a toy. Imagine students running Wordle queries on blogs they follow to see the author's most written about topics? Or creating a Wordle from the text in their own essay to see what topics they cover in depth?
Tom Barrett has a great slide show with many suggestions for using Wordle in the classroom.
The Wordle from this blog is below. It provides me with useful information and reminds me that I should probably branch out a bit in my areas of discussion!
Give Wordle a try for yourself!
Give Wordle a try for yourself!
Labels: Kathy Schrock, Tom Barrett, Wordle
posted by Kathy Schrock at 5:19 AM
4 Comments:
After months of struggling to write, playing a around with Wordle helped me make some conceptual break throughs. Thanks to Kathy for sharing!
My wordle can be found here:
http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/1047722/Dissertation_Proposal_for_L2_Reading
I personally love Wordle and wish I could use it with my students. Unfortunately, I have found that the site publishes everything that people make, and many of the Wordles I've found have words included that I do not want my students exposed to. I have taken their words and created a Wordle at home to bring in, but it's just not the same. I'm hoping someone invents a website like Wordle that screens out the bad creations.
I would be interested to see what a Wordle would look like on various rappers' lyrics.
Might create some interesting discussions.
Is it legitimate to have students look at their one culture from different viewpoints? For adults as well?
I found the Many Eyes Website. It is not as flexible as Wordle but does have some other features. Take a look at http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/page/Wordle.html
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