The document provides instructions for creating a word cloud using the website worditout.com. It explains that word clouds visually represent text by making the most frequent words appear larger. The instructions say to find text from an article or write your own, copy it into the worditout website, press the green button to generate the cloud, save it with your name, and add it to one of your website pages. It also mentions filling out a survey at the end of class.
4. Word Clouds or Tag Clouds areVisual Representations of TextThe words are weighted this means the words that appear most, will be Larger & more prominent.
6. How do I create a word cloud?Find an article, a poem or story that you like on the Internet OR, You can write your own poem, story or article in WORD. (Save it to Student Files)
7. Go to the site http://worditout.com/word-cloud/make-a-new-one(This looks like a hyperlink, but its not Use the hyperlink I put on weebly)
8. You can press RANDOM to change the look of your word cloud
9. This is what the site looks like. Choose the CREATE tab.
10. Where is the text you want to use?Find the text you want to youCut & paste it into the worditout box
12. Here it is! What are your most Prominent Words?
13. Press SAVECreate a TitleAdd a DescriptionRelated Web Page: Did you get the written information from a website? If you did, cite itEnter the following email address: lesterdwilson@gmail.com (Yes, I know LDW, but AMS is not a persons name!- Besides, I think the name Lester is funny!Press OK
14. Important Step!Click on the link Then download the word cloudSave to student files Use your firstname & lastname as the filenamePut the worditout on one of your website pages
15. @2:55 pmFill in the end of class SurveyLog off the computersHave a great afternoon