Using word clouds to create a visual representation of participants' responses is an easy and creative way to highlight and share data and pull out common themes. Numerous free online tools allow you to create word听clouds听or tag clouds from text. Virtual polls conducted with mentimeter or polleverywhere allow for immediate display of word clouds.
When to Use:听At the end of听a project
Estimated Time:听5听minutes for participants
Participants:听Young Children, Youth, Adults, Educators
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- Method of collecting responses by on-line polling, spreadsheet, or from听a text document
- Word cloud generator such as
Tips:
- You may have to edit participant responses to correct misspellings, capitalization, past and present tenses before generating your word cloud.听
- Different word cloud generators offer options for customizing color schemes, fonts, word orientation, etc.
Sample Topics: Ask participants to supply 3-5 descriptive words.
- Feelings and Reactions听
- Themes - subjects and topics of interest
- Values - what is important
- Favorites/ Least Favorites
Resources:
- from Poll Everywhere
- from Boost Labs
- 听from Europlanet Society