Learning technology tools – Wordle (#edumooc)

In my week 3 learning objectives post, I asked what technology others were using. Rebecca OGM mentioned Wordle in her post, and a lurker friend also mentioned it to me on Facebook. So I had to give it a try to see what it was all about. Honestly, I don't really get it. I decided to try pasting the text of all my #edumooc blog posts into the tool to see what came of it. After a little bit of tweeking, here is what I produced:

It is interesting, and was fun, but I still don't see what the point is. I suspose I could use it for a title page for a presentation – that could be fun. So, those of you who actually use Wordle, what do you use it for?

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David Green

July 17, 2011

I have used them as graphics for websites (no urls to cite presently) to convey the content. The most recent one was in support a web page showing the career opportunities for Electrical Engineering students. I put in phrases instead of just words" like Power & Energy and Software Development.

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nicky duenkel

July 15, 2011

Have used it for presentations (as i already said!) — love the idea of using to make a visual of student feedback. May try that this year with peer feedback to instigate discussion… Am also thinking of asking students to use wordle as a launching point in terms of a visual to present their philosophies of education or worldviews, to others…
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Sean Abajian

July 15, 2011

Hi Rebecca, I love Wordle! Great visuals for presentations. I've used it with a student surveys for the open question/commments. It's also useful to quickly get a sense of trends from a source…e.g. a twitter feed or blog feed.

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1. Rebecca
  
  July 15, 2011
  
  Sean,
  Per chance do you have an example of a survey that I can see? I don’t get how you would use it.
  For trends, I could see it, perhaps, as an interesting qualitative analysis tool. Plug in your transcripts and see what words pop out!
  Cheers,
  Rebecca
  
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  1. Sean Abajian
    
    July 15, 2011
    
    I always like to to have one survey question that’s open for students to give their feedback, and I took that feedback and put it in Wordle. Here’s my 2min presentation with the Wordle: http://youtu.be/F-jOT6mcFPM?t=56s
    
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    1. Sean Abajian
      
      July 15, 2011
      
      keep in mind this is for an ESL class….if you look closely there’s a couple misspelled words.
      
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Learning technology tools – Wordle (#edumooc)

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