tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post2838092831468613677..comments2023-05-11T11:25:40.005+01:00Comments on Nik's Learning Technology Blog: Using Word Clouds in EFL ESLNik Peacheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-25591555971639353252012-06-19T18:01:19.130+01:002012-06-19T18:01:19.130+01:00Hi!
These are great ideas! I'm taking a grad...Hi!<br /><br />These are great ideas! I'm taking a grad class on educational technology and we just went over Wordle. I teach adult ESL and I find that many of my students stick to the same sets of words. If I can have better, more reliable access to the computer lab, this would be a great resource. My students could paste their short essays and see which words they are using most frequently and then try to make a list of synonyms to replace those words. <br /><br />Thanks for the post!<br />JoyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275809518285945285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-88773011181206418882009-12-01T11:37:44.256+00:002009-12-01T11:37:44.256+00:00Hi Matt
You can get Wordle to chunk words togethe...Hi Matt<br /><br />You can get Wordle to chunk words together by adding ~ between the words you want to keep togther in your graphic. Of course it would be better if it just understood chunks and collocation, but that is asking a lot.<br /><br />Best<br /><br />NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-980733712066662952009-12-01T11:30:23.046+00:002009-12-01T11:30:23.046+00:00Hello Nik,
Great blog, as per usual...
1. I thi...Hello Nik, <br /><br />Great blog, as per usual...<br /><br />1. I think Wordle is also good for detextualizing vocab for English for Specific Purposes. <br /><br />Using specific purpose blogs as a corpus, you can find all sorts of common vocab with an auth. source. <br /> <br />Find new words, then search for them in context... instant vocab lesson personalized for the students.<br /><br />Pity Wordle can't be trained to recognize "chunks"...<br /><br />2. For the window users, there is always the very simple option of pressing the screenprint button, then opening and cropping the wordle in paint. <br /><br />cheers,<br />MattFifth Businesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885339924969867787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-84558727093452018642009-09-19T17:04:47.161+01:002009-09-19T17:04:47.161+01:00I simply LOVE your idea about using Wordle for tex...I simply LOVE your idea about using Wordle for text prediction!<br /><br />Your blog rocks! Thank-you.Moominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620652376115373842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-51207703023417271912009-02-15T10:22:00.000+00:002009-02-15T10:22:00.000+00:00@ SebnemThat's great. Should be more writing on si...@ Sebnem<BR/><BR/>That's great. Should be more writing on similar tools to this coming soon.<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-5189893778330204752009-02-14T12:02:00.000+00:002009-02-14T12:02:00.000+00:00Hi there!I've been using Wordle for a while in my ...Hi there!<BR/>I've been using Wordle for a while in my lessons. Everytime we study a short story(I teach primary,ages8-10)we create word-clouds in the class using the key words of the story and then get a print and hang it in the classroom. Kids love it and they create their own. Very good for remembering the words since the posters stay on the wall for a while.<BR/>Regards,<BR/>Sebnem, English Teacher,IstanbulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-10557290314686228272009-02-11T16:09:00.000+00:002009-02-11T16:09:00.000+00:00Does anyone know if there is a way to manually cus...Does anyone know if there is a way to manually customize colors on a wordle (I know you can to a different color palette) but can you actually click on words and make them specific colors (eg, if I want all the positive words to be in blue)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-7198063333932157302008-12-01T08:56:00.000+00:002008-12-01T08:56:00.000+00:00Hi RosaThaks for those they are great. Really nice...Hi Rosa<BR/><BR/>Thaks for those they are great. Really nice use of the tool.<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-28417636980586202232008-12-01T05:17:00.000+00:002008-12-01T05:17:00.000+00:00Hi Nik,This is how one of my ESL studnets used wor...Hi Nik,<BR/><BR/>This is how one of my ESL studnets used wordle in her blog: <BR/><A HREF="http://mira-elmira.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-love-this-song.html" REL="nofollow">I love this song</A>.<BR/><BR/>I had told them about it here:<BR/><A HREF="http://ourclass08.blogspot.com/2008/08/essence-of-written-texts.html" REL="nofollow">The essence of written texts</A>.<BR/>It's a great simple tool!rosa ochoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-34184484490355936732008-09-21T14:09:00.000+01:002008-09-21T14:09:00.000+01:00Hi KarenneThanks for the message and the links. I'...Hi Karenne<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the message and the links. I'll check them all out later. <BR/><BR/>I got the Wordle images onto my blog by capturing them with Skitch. I use skitch for all the images on my blog. It's a fantastic free tool and really quick and easy to use, but for MAC users only I'm afraid. There are PC alteranatives though I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-32074243896324800162008-09-21T08:11:00.000+01:002008-09-21T08:11:00.000+01:00Hey Nik,Nice blog!BTW - if I may ask, what was the...Hey Nik,<BR/><BR/>Nice blog!<BR/><BR/>BTW - if I may ask, what was the work around to get the images into your blog? Would love to know if it isn't top secret. <BR/><BR/>I recently stuck on of these clouds into a powerpoint presentation (for a video) and in the end my workaround (which took HOURS to figure out) was printing it, then scanning and making it into a photo, enhancing in photo editor...so if there's a better way of handling these things would love to know it ;-)<BR/><BR/>Here's the link to the one I did on high frequency words (for the slideshow/video)- anyone can use this in any way they wish, if interested, it's here: http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/119581/High_Frequency_Words_3<BR/>(there are different colour versions too).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I agree Wordle's an excellent tool for pre-teaching a text and simple versions can be done in a matter of minutes - here's one I made based on a businessweek article about the rising popularity of Facebook and social-networking sites in general, it's here: http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/123909/Facebook.<BR/><BR/>We discussed the general implications of social networking, using the vocabulary in the wordle, and then students read a variety of different articles written about social-networking -each reported back on what they'd learned. Articles:<BR/>http://delicious.com/KalinagoEnglish/SimplyC%3Asocial-networkingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-5859639424359571022008-09-10T23:34:00.000+01:002008-09-10T23:34:00.000+01:00Hi FrankGreat idea!BestNikHi Frank<BR/><BR/>Great idea!<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-4861288602650242332008-09-10T22:12:00.000+01:002008-09-10T22:12:00.000+01:00I love Wordle too ... matter of fact, a couple wee...I love Wordle too ... matter of fact, a couple weeks ago I made a Wordle T-Shirt for Second Life avatars to wear.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://flickr.com/photos/metaweb/2800542559/" REL="nofollow">META T-shirt here.</A><BR/><BR/>You can get a free Wordle T-Shirt for your avatar at this SLurl, Mexico English Teachers' Alliance in our Second Life training facility. SLurl: <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/6kl57b" REL="nofollow">META Second Life</A><BR/><BR/>FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-35629268391663405282008-09-05T11:12:00.000+01:002008-09-05T11:12:00.000+01:00Nice idea JimI'll give it a try.ThanksNikNice idea Jim<BR/><BR/>I'll give it a try.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-42744331932648488592008-09-05T06:21:00.000+01:002008-09-05T06:21:00.000+01:00Nik,I thank you and I curse you for sharing this g...Nik,<BR/><BR/>I thank you and I curse you for sharing this great site! I've already spent far too much time messing around with Wordle...<BR/><BR/>Another use for Wordle that I want to explore is using it to create sentences/phrases. If you add tildes (~) between words, and delete the spaces, you can make Wordle generate phrases/sentences. It then jumbles the sentences. <BR/><BR/>This would be great for activities like reconstructing a story or putting a dialogue in order.<BR/><BR/>A quick way to get the tildes between each word is to paste your sentences into your word processor and then use "Find and Replace" [Find: (add one space); Replace with:~]<BR/><BR/>On a Mac it is Command+F and on a PC, I think it is Control+F<BR/>and then click "Replace all". Voila! You have your sentences. Unfortunately, Wordle doesn't do punctuation...<BR/><BR/>I hope that makes sense. <BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-62787045069815579922008-09-04T13:53:00.000+01:002008-09-04T13:53:00.000+01:00I save Wordle word clouds in as pdfs in Windows us...I save Wordle word clouds in as pdfs in Windows using CutePDF Writer. <BR/><BR/>http://www.download.com/CutePDF-Writer/3000-6675_4-10206470.html<BR/><BR/>I must admit, I have a Mac, but use it in Windows. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-82976056196788329822008-09-04T13:20:00.000+01:002008-09-04T13:20:00.000+01:00Hi SethNice idea. Yes they would look great on an ...Hi Seth<BR/><BR/>Nice idea. Yes they would look great on an IWB or even on presentation slides instead of bullet points (hate those bullet points)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the suggestion.<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283339544946232720.post-16757091165027030252008-09-04T12:39:00.000+01:002008-09-04T12:39:00.000+01:00Hiya Nik, This would be a great tool for an IWB - ...Hiya Nik, <BR/><BR/>This would be a great tool for an IWB - Interactive White Board - too.<BR/><BR/>A great way for teachers to introduce subjects that they wish to study with the students. <BR/><BR/>You could tell the students what the subject is for the lesson, give them a few minutes to work in pairs and predict words that they expect to read / hear about in the subject, then show them the word cloud to see how many of the words they predicted.<BR/><BR/>It would also act as a great way to identify any vocabulary that is frequently mentioned in the text that needs to be pre-taught.<BR/><BR/>A great find, thanks!<BR/><BR/>Seth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com