Human Tech - Discussion Cloud Tools As Well As Apps For Teachers

A discussion cloud is a visual representation of the frequencies of words inwards a text. Teachers tin utilisation discussion clouds for a diversity of instructional purposes from creating course of report groups using students' names to reflecting on lesson plans, this article from 21st Century Educational Technology as well as Learning Blog outlines over a 100 creative ways yous tin utilisation discussion clouds amongst students inwards class. Now that yous convey an persuasion of the educational as well as pedagogical potential of discussion clouds inwards course of report instruction, hither are roughly of our favourite spider web tools an iPad apps nosotros uncovered from our archive which yous tin utilize to easily generate as well as portion discussion clouds. Check them out as well as portion amongst us your feedback inwards our Facebook page.

Web Tools

1- Wordle

‘Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that yous provide. The clouds plow over greater prominence to words that look to a greater extent than ofttimes inwards the origin text. You tin tweak your clouds amongst dissimilar fonts, layouts, as well as color schemes. The images yous practise amongst Wordle are yours to utilisation nonetheless yous like. You tin impress them out, or salvage them to your ain desktop to utilisation every bit yous wish.’


2- Tagul

‘Tagul is an online discussion cloud generator that enables yous to practise amazing as well as unique discussion cloud fine art amongst ease. Professional character results tin hold upwards achieved inwards no fourth dimension at all, fifty-fifty for users amongst no prior noesis of graphic design. Best of all the service is completely costless for personal use!’

3- WordItOut

WordItOut is a costless discussion cloud generator that does non necessitate a sign up. You tin utilisation it to practise discussion clouds from sentences, entire documents or tables. You tin also tweak the expect of your discussion clouds past times selecting a layout, applying dissimilar colours, adding  fonts as well as sizes. When yous are done, yous tin portion your finished production amongst others through an embed code or download as well as brand a re-create of it every bit an prototype file.

4- Tagxedo

‘Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, tidings articles, slogans as well as themes, fifty-fifty your dearest letters -- into a visually stunning discussion cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence inside the torso of text.’

5- Word Cloud Generator

This is a Google Docs summation to utilisation on your docs to ‘quickly assess what your emerging subject is, how to best categorize your document, or if it is someone's else's document - uncovering out the subject of the document without reading it… Loads of novel features including command over break of words, prettifying the cloud, dropping words as well as including a discussion count tabular array inwards the document.’

iPad Apps

1- Wordsalad

Make cracking wordsalads out of documents that affair (or not) to you! With WordSalad yous tin brand beautiful discussion clouds, super customized amongst dissimilar fonts, colors as well as words layouts.

2- CloudArt

Unleash your inventiveness past times making beautiful discussion clouds on your iPad. Simply plow over Cloudart roughly text from a spider web page or glue roughly into the app as well as it volition automatically practise a gorgeous discussion cloud for yous inwards seconds. Next, larn busy amongst the intuitive sliders to customise your cloud to your heart's content. When you're happy amongst your masterpiece, portion it amongst friends!

3- TagCloud ( Link no longer working)

Make beautiful tag clouds from your iPhone as well as iPad! Create a discussion cloud from a spider web page, custom text, your ain spreadsheet file, or endeavor sample clouds included amongst the app...

4- Word Collage

Create stunning discussion collages on your iPhone as well as iPad! Set upwards a collage amongst your text(or website URL), dissimilar layouts, fonts, as well as color themes.Simply kickoff past times clicking on the "Text" button. Add roughly text or input a website url. Select color subject as well as font inwards Settings. Select Landscape or Portrait orientation. Word Collage fifty-fifty lets yous pan as well as zoom the picture.

5- Word Clouds past times ABCya

'Word Clouds past times ABCya.com is an easy-to-use app to practise as well as portion beautiful discussion clouds...Million of students convey used ABCya.com's Word Cloud app online. Now it tin hold upwards utilized on iPad.'

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