Here's a creative use for the 'word cloud' site Wordle.
Miles Berry, a Headteacher in Godalming, used the data from a questionnaire asking about children’s use of technology outside school, to feed into Wordle resulting in a number of interesting images that display the children's preferences.
In a wordle image, the clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
Give examples of things you have learnt ...
The following links are items that I have read and shared through Google Reader in the last 7 days. Some will be youth work or youth ministry related, while others are of personal interest. You can view my full shared items here.New Zealand Man Buys Thrift-Shop MP3 Player Full of US Army Classified Information [MP3 Espionage]26 January ...
I noticed this bit of news in my reader today.
PAISLEY’S famous YMCA building is being axed after 100 years of service to the town.
Over the years I've met a number of workers from Paisley YMCA through my study at The George Williams College so was surprised and a little sad to hear the news. No doubt there are valid reasons ...
The following links are items that I have read and shared through Google Reader in the last 7 days. Some will be youth work or youth ministry related, while others are of personal interest. You can view my full shared items here.“seriously ridiculous” stuff for free18 December 2008 ...
A few months back, my little brother Tim started filming some of the activities we run at church in order to make a short promotional video to help explain what we do a little bit better.
After he filmed an interview with me, I pretty much left him to it. Last week, he showed me the finished article he had put together. To be honest, I'm really impressed with what he's done. The camera angles, choice of clips, music and animations are simply ...
The following links are items that I have read and shared through Google Reader in the last 7 days. Some will be youth work or youth ministry related, while others are of personal interest. You can view my full shared items here.Swarm11 January 2009
UPDATE: OK, it's obvious this post wasn't published on a Sunday (it was a Monday). ...
Through the wonder that is the Disqus comments system, you can now leave a comment on this blog using your Facebook profile!
Handy for anyone who doesn't have a profile elsewhere, and great for gaining a bit of continuity across various websites.
Just for fun, leave a comment below by signing in with your Facebook profile! (Apparently there may be a bug that stops Safari users. Try Firefox instead until it's fixed) ...
