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Tagul - Gorgeous tag clouds - 0 views

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    Site is similar to Wordle. Create word clouds in various shapes, custom fonts, colors. Words are actual linked tags, rather than static text as in Wordle.
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    Site is similar to Wordle. Create word clouds in various shapes, custom fonts, colors. Words are actual linked tags, rather than static text as in Wordle.
Randy Rodgers

Tagxedo - Tag Cloud with Styles - 1 views

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    Create tag clouds in custom shapes.
Randy Rodgers

Tagul - Gorgeous tag clouds - 2 views

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    Similar tool to Wordle, but with added advantage of custom shapes AND actual actively linked tags.
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    Similar tool to Wordle, but with added advantage of custom shapes AND actual actively linked tags.
Randy Rodgers

WordItOut - Transform your text into word clouds! - 0 views

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    Yet another Wordle clone.
Randy Rodgers

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 0 views

  • And yet the dominant model of public education is still fundamentally rooted in the industrial revolution that spawned it, when workplaces valued punctuality, regularity, attention, and silence above all else.
  • Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones
  • In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
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  • We don’t openly profess those values nowadays, but our educational system—which routinely tests kids on their ability to recall information and demonstrate mastery of a narrow set of skills—doubles down on the view that students are material to be processed, programmed, and quality-tested. School administrators prepare curriculum standards and “pacing guides” that tell teachers what to teach each day. Legions of managers supervise everything that happens in the classroom; in 2010 only 50 percent of public school staff members in the US were teachers.
  • Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside
  • There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”
  • “schools in the cloud,”
  • as the kids blasted through the questions, they couldn’t help noticing that it felt easy, as if they were being asked to do something very basic.
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    Must. Read. Such a valuable lesson and another example of how we are doing it wrong.
Randy Rodgers

Word Cloud Analysis of Obama's Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Linc... - 0 views

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    Interesting visualization of 4 inaguaration speeches
Randy Rodgers

Cloudo - 0 views

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    Virtual, online desktop. Access your desktop from any computer.
Randy Rodgers

MindMup: Zero-Friction Free Online Mind Mapping Software - Mind Map in the cloud - 0 views

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    Very useful, easy-to-learn mind mapping tool that integrates with Google Apps.
Randy Rodgers

Animaker, Make Animated Videos on Cloud for free - 0 views

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    New, click-and-drag animation creation tool. Currently in beta and requiring invitation for access.
Randy Rodgers

AnswerGarden - Plant a Question, Grow Answers! Generate a live word cloud with your aud... - 0 views

shared by Randy Rodgers on 27 Jan 15 - Cached
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    Nice, easy tool for group brainstorming or feedback. Acts like Wordle for teams--repeated words display larger.
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