Wordle is a neat little tool for constructing word maps, or clouds, from text, blogs or Delicious tags. From the main page click on "Create" and then feed it some text. Once you've got that in, you can play with the layout. The result of running Wordle on my blog is shown above and the result from my thesis is shown below.
Pulling results out for use is a bit problematic as you have to do a screen capture but, all in all, worth the hassle. Run it on some of your text and see what it can do for you!
Leave a comment to let me know if you like these posts and/or find them useful.
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I had bookmarked Wordle a while back but not played with it. It was neat to see the wordle from your thesis. I can envision ways to use this in a blog, to introduce a topic or to use after a brainstorming session with students. I DO find your posts useful. Keep 'em up!
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ReplyDeleteI'm back from NL and I can't wait to head into work tomorrow and try this out!! I have just the thing in mind for a first lecture in intro Biology......I'm dying to try it!!
Thanks again for these updates - I really do find them useful!
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