Comments on: Wordle and Tag Clouds in the Classroom http://www.philomathy.org/2009/06/18/wordle-and-tag-clouds-in-the-classroom/ Fetishising the Human Brain since Ought-Nine Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=9761 hourly 1 By: Litmus Test : The Daily Anvil http://www.philomathy.org/2009/06/18/wordle-and-tag-clouds-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Litmus Test : The Daily Anvil Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:36:55 +0000 http://www.philomathy.org/?p=124#comment-351 [...] about tag clouds and a possible experiment that could be done using something called Wordle (see this post for more info about Wordle). The experiments requires that the news cycle be in [...] [...] about tag clouds and a possible experiment that could be done using something called Wordle (see this post for more info about Wordle). The experiments requires that the news cycle be in [...]

]]> By: Byron http://www.philomathy.org/2009/06/18/wordle-and-tag-clouds-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Byron Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:10:17 +0000 http://www.philomathy.org/?p=124#comment-345 This is insanely fun. It's like a search engine in reverse, providing keywords from content instead of the other way around. The two proposed applications sound like winners. As a primer for example, I just fed it some forum threads, and it does a wonderful job of hinting at what's being discussed when the subject line is vague. Or, for peer work, individuals working on the same or similar topics might be paired up based on their wordsplat. Neat stuff. This is insanely fun. It’s like a search engine in reverse, providing keywords from content instead of the other way around.

The two proposed applications sound like winners. As a primer for example, I just fed it some forum threads, and it does a wonderful job of hinting at what’s being discussed when the subject line is vague. Or, for peer work, individuals working on the same or similar topics might be paired up based on their wordsplat. Neat stuff.

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