I’m not going to get into politics on here, but I thought this could be used in an educational way. I have posted about wordle before. It is a great program that will take a bunch of words- in this case McCain and Obama’s speeches- and create a visual. The top 125 words used in each speech are listed. The more often a word is used, the larger that word will be. I found it very interesting when looking at each candidate and the words they repeatedly used. This might be a great piece for middle or high school students (or anyone else) to discuss. If you would like for a larger version, I do have a large copy that I would be willing to email out, just leave a comment.
Tags: high school, mccain, middle school, obama, politics, speech, students, teachers, wordle
That’s very interesting. And they are so similar.
This is pretty neat and really easy. My only question is how you save what you hve created. Any tips?
Marcia,
That’s a great question. You can save things to the gallery, but for this, I took a screen shot of each and put them together in photoshop elements.
This is a very interesting way to look at the two different speeches. Would it be possible to get a larger copy of this e-mailed to me to use in my classroom?