{"id":337,"date":"2022-05-22T23:21:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T23:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mlis-eweid001\/?p=337"},"modified":"2022-05-22T23:21:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T23:21:56","slug":"sandbox-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mlis-eweid001\/2022\/05\/22\/sandbox-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandbox #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I spent way too many hours playing with word clouds and still do not feel like an expert, but I played in the sandbox and explored the available tools on each site.\u00a0 My most recent experience with word cloud was in a professional development meeting at the beginning of the school year.\u00a0 It was announced we would become a pilot school for Canvas.\u00a0 Teachers were asked to contribute their thoughts through a word cloud on transitioning from Schoology to Canvas.\u00a0 The word cloud was displayed to the group through this warm-up activity, and it grew, and became more colorful and honest.\u00a0 Teachers began to laugh and relax with this icebreaker activity.\u00a0 It brought humor and lightness to a contentious topic.\u00a0 I could see word clouds being used in a professional development setting, as I appreciated the activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can use word cloud in my classes as an introduction to a topic for an icebreaker.\u00a0 I am accustomed to using KWL style charts for introducing new units.\u00a0 Three columns – K: what do you know about this topic?\u00a0 W: what do you want to know?\u00a0 L:\u00a0what have you learned (at the end of the lesson).\u00a0 I liked Wordart<\/a> because it had a lot of templates of images to use.\u00a0 I could have an image relating to the topic, for example, I created a word cloud with the image of a hot cup of coffee.\u00a0 I then described the characteristics of coffee and its qualities.\u00a0 I also added my opinions, past experiences, and background knowledge of the topic.\u00a0 I also like word clouds for personal introductions as we introduced ourselves for this sandbox activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ABCya Word Cloud<\/a> felt more elementary level to me but I was impressed with the final product. I liked the color combinations it offered and I felt the vintage-style font fit the colors well. I could not figure out how to adjust the size of the font.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Word It Out<\/a> separated words like flip flops, nature lover, bare feet, etc. which I found annoying.  What I really liked about this website was that I could type in my words (no commas necessary), and then I adjusted the number for the frequency of the word to have it enlarged.  I ended up having all my words on google doc and categorized them 1-10 (10 being most important).  Then I went back to the website and adjusted each individual number based on the importance to me.  I was hoping to have more creativity in the layout of this word cloud but it seemed basic (landscape or portrait style).  I also really liked the font I used and the color combination of background and words.  I felt the font expressed my personality well.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monkey Learn<\/a> enlarged words on the word cloud based on frequency of word typed.  This was annoying because I had to type words repeatedly to increase the font size.  I did not create a final product for this website or for  Answer Garden<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I considered the first two chapters in the text as it referred to design and visual presentations, and font styles.  One of my hobbies is photography, and I like to consider the visual layout and design elements of each frame when I take a picture.  I also can apply these elements to my powerpoint presentations in the classroom (2D) or the layout of a library (3D).  I have a creative eye and appreciate aesthetics of spaces and visual media for presentations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Word Cloud I spent way too many hours playing with word clouds and still do not feel like an expert, but I played in the sandbox and explored the available tools on each site.\u00a0 My most recent experience with word cloud was in a professional development meeting at the beginning of the school year.\u00a0 It… <\/p>\n

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