Word Clouds

I haven't linked to the Word Cloud assignment yet, Blackboard seems to be down today, but I have surmised from other blogs what we need to do here.  Word Clouds take text that you can enter manually, or copy/paste from anywhere on your computer- web included, and create a collage of the most used words in the text.  I used Wordle to create mine.  I copied an article about 9-11 from a newspaper.  (Are there any copywrite issues there?)  Wordle is very easy to use.  The basics allow you to generally alter the arrangement of the words with the click of a button.  You may also choose color combinations to reflect the subject matter.  You do have many choice when it comes to font style.  Word Clouds are a unique way to summize the main points of a piece of text.  They can be used as an eyecatcher in presentations, or embeded into a blog or website to give a quick example of what lies within.  I also used Jing to capture the world cloud, saved it to My Computer, then added it to my blog.  This assignment covers NETS T 1 and 2.