I really love this tool. Coming from a more creative background, I can see how this can be appealing and used even in a professional setting. It’s a creative way to provide viewers of a website or blog an idea of what the site has to offer and the types of topics that are discussed. I am thinking about using the word cloud I created for my 14 Months Until I Do blog as the header for the site.
It’s fun to play around with the file Wordle creates for you. You can remove words, change fonts, change colors, and change the layout with a simple click of the mouse. It’s interesting to see how a word cloud can change and evolve after making these simple changes.
I thought all of the word clouds I created are representative of the content they are based on. It’s interesting to see what words are most prominent and how that reflects on the writing. Appropriately, the most prominent words based on an essay I wrote about the Flood of ’08 in the Czech Village were flood, house, cedar, river, home, camera, and felt. The essay details my experience taking photos of homes in the Czech Village area damaged by the Cedar River flood. It’s a personal essay, so it also includes my reactions to and feelings about the devastation and my own photographs.
After the Flood essay
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