002 - Creating word clouds with Wordle

Creating stimulating displays of word banks can be time consuming, even when using computer software, however a free to use web site called Wordle.net makes this task simple. In this tutorial I will show you how to create attractive 'word clouds' from simple lists of words, as well as entire webpages. The word clouds produced give greater precedence to words that occur more often, meaning very long pieces of text can quickly be summarised into the key words.

 

Tutorial Date: 16th April 2009