For one of my assignments I had to narrow down my ideas and list research areas of interest and potential research topics. Like many students I hit times in my day or night when I struggle with writer's block. To kick off ideas and have some fun I like to throw ideas and key words into Wordle or peruse the Wordle gallery.
So here a couple of the results.
I modified the number of words to use, different layouts, and palettes, but creating the Wordle helped jump start my writing for the homework assignment.
How do you use Wordle?
For everyone who needs a collage of words check out Wordle.
Below is a Wordle of the many tech tools I play or work with. Where would we all be without Google and the ability to work collaboratively with a variety of tech tools?
You can paste in text, the URL of any blog, blog feed, or any other web page that has an Atom or RSS feed, or enter a del.icio.us user name to see their tags. Then you can tinker with the formats and fonts then decide if you want to keep it or discard it.Wordle was created by Jonathan Feinberg who credits his employer (IBM) for allowing him to develop this and now share with the rest of the world.The images you create with Wordle are yours to use in any way you choose. You may print T-Shirts, business cards, brochures, what have you. On the other hand, when you place an image in the gallery, anyone else can use it too! So if you want to keep it to yourself, print it out without saving it. The images created by the Wordle application are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Check out the details from Wordle’s FAQ page: http://wordle.net/faqImages created by the Wordle.net web application are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
If you use a screen-capture, PDF, or other image representation of a Wordle on this site, you must attribute the image to http://wordle.net/.
