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= What Ecology Reminds You = ===Look at the "cloud' below. Focus on the words in the cloud, as you see some have bigger fonts than the others. Focusing on the bigger words mostly, what do you think ecology is? How do you think it is important? Discuss with a partner if this is a synchronous class if not write your idea on "discussion 1" tab.=== media type="custom" key="12842782" width="10" height="10"

The "word cloud" above is created by Tagul. Word Clouds can be used to track the main points of any kind of texts.
====This word cloud is created from the first two paragraphs of the article below (we removed the articles "a", "the" etc, to make Tagul focus on main words). Reach the article from the link below and read first two paragraphs, then discuss with a partner whether Tagul Word Cloud reflects the main points successfully or not. (If this is asynchronous discuss it under "discussion 2" tab)====

Importance of Ecology

= What Other People Around You Thinking About Ecology. = Let's make an experiment. Do you have a Facebook, twitter or Google + account? Post a question asking your friends, followers and circles why they think ecology is important. Collect the replies without reading them one by one, copy and paste them to Tagul to create your own word cloud. You may omit articles and auxiliary verbs once you create your cloud. Then share your cloud with us on "Page 3 Ecology Your Tagul". Do you think your word cloud reflect the contents of your friends' comments? If you haven't a Tagul acoount you need to sign up for it.

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