{"id":79,"date":"2022-05-18T02:04:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T02:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/librarysciencedemo\/?p=79"},"modified":"2022-05-28T17:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T17:08:03","slug":"sandbox1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/2022\/05\/18\/sandbox1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandbox 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word Cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To create my beautiful Word Cloud, I chose to use the ABCya! Word Cloud generator.  We use ABCya! in our school division and in our classrooms, so I wanted to see how the applications used within our school could be used in our Library.  I found this to be extremely user-friendly, which is key for an elementary school setting.  I copied my &#8220;About Me&#8221; introduction and pasted it into the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/image-1024x510.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/image-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/image-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/image-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/image.png 1324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Screenshot of my text copied into ABCya! word cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After I entered my text, I hit &#8220;Create&#8221; and ABCya! did the rest for me.  Bam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/Word-Cloud-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/Word-Cloud-1.png 732w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/Word-Cloud-1-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption>My results created using ABCya! Word Cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Better yet, you can click a &#8220;Randomize&#8221; button and change the colors, fonts, word cloud shape and more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/Word-Cloud-Heart.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" width=\"734\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/Word-Cloud-Heart.png 500w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/stephthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29532\/2022\/05\/Word-Cloud-Heart-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption>The same text was used to create another word cloud in the shape of a heart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Being a major application used in our school (and other PWCS schools and beyond), I can see this being used to by our students who participate in Battle of Books to study their content and visualize their subject matter.   I can also see our students of any age using this to translate text from a common book into a word cloud as a research project to find the main themes of a book.  For example, a student could research underlying themes by copying text from any of the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> books and creating a word cloud in the shape of a lightning bolt, wizard hat or even Hagrid!  I imagine my girls (and their elementary school peers) playing with this and easily creating interesting word clouds of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word Cloud To create my beautiful Word Cloud, I chose to use the ABCya! 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