Tech Tuesday #1: Word Cloud
This is a word cloud. Word clouds essential are clouds or cluster of words created by words. You have most likely seen these before. While each word cloud generator works a little differently, the ideas are all the same.
Tech Task #1: Wordle
Tech Task #1: Wordle
- Your assignment is to explore wordle.
- Find the lyrics of your favorite song (or just a song). Find a song that has repetition.
- Enter the lyrics where it says "Paste in a bunch of text"
- Once you finish, generate a word cloud and customize it to your liking based on color, font, and orientation.
- Take a screen shot of the word cloud, save it as an image, and post it on your Tech Tuesday Task #1 (follow the directions below).
- Create another page (standard page) and call it "Tech Tools". On this page, write to tell the general audience about how we have "Tech Tuesdays" where we learn "Tech Tools" and have "Teach Tasks" to learn about and become familiar with technological tools.
- Then you will add a divider from you toolbox under the text you wrote in direction #1.
- Add a title and call it "Tech Tuesday Task #1: Wordle"
- Add a text and begin with describing what a word cloud is in your own words. This will be followed by your opinion of wordle. You will share what you liked and what you didn't like. You will discuss the level of ease/difficulty you found the technology to be. You will share your ideas about its future possible uses. Make sure you upload your image. *I would also like to see you hyperlink the word cloud generator to the actual website, as I have down in the list above.