Monthly Archives: March 2012

Wordle vs Voyant: Can they be used in teaching? Yes!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Christina Ramos Palau

I decided to return to Voyant and add a little Wordle into the mix. At first I thought it was ambiguous whether or  not these tools were applicable to much more than entertainment, or brainstorming.  Jill mentioned using these programs … Continue reading →

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Political word fun with Ngram

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Christina Ramos Palau

Capitalism, socialism, communism, libertarian, egalitarian were the first words I decided to do my search on this morning. Besides having a little fun we have agreed some conclusions could be drawn from looking at the highs and lows.  Take for … Continue reading →

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NGram is a bit hazy to me

Posted on March 28, 2012 by katie albany

My experience with Google NGram was as thrilling as it was head-scratching. I entered the words epistle and diary to see how the genres have shifted or which has dominated and I’m not too sure that’s what I got. My understanding … Continue reading →

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Voyant Tools rocks

Posted on March 28, 2012 by katie albany

IMO Voyant Tools helps one tear into the text. Yes, it has appealing graphics: both visual representation and color, which made me wonder if there was some meaning imbedded there, which I was neither aware of nor able to figure … Continue reading →

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Google Ngram Visuals in Two Languages

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Christina Ramos Palau

I must admit I had trouble navigating Voyant even after watching the help video. Roxanne’s post was a great way of helping me gain an understanding of how the tool could be used and what type of outcome I might receive … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 27, 2012 by Luisina Silva

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MT @archivesnext: Two meanings of "archival silences" http://t.co/1mChPdXC [call for archival voices in #dh discussions] #cunydh12

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

MT @archivesnext: Two meanings of “archival silences” http://t.co/1mChPdXC [call for archival voices in #dh discussions] #cunydh12 Continue reading →

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Playing with Tools for Text (Part II)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

I found a tool that sounds like it would be suited to a project comparing a novel and its screenplay adaptation (it is, of course, far more complicated than this assignment allows).  The tool is called PAIR: Pairwise Alignment for … Continue reading →

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Playing with Tools for Text

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

Our assignment this week was to play with some text mining tools and to try blogging our ventures “in progress.”  After taking a look at some of the tools, I wondered if any might be used to compare the text … Continue reading →

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Attn #cunydh12 RT @briancroxall: Huh. Apparently you can put OCR’d PDFs into Voyant. That’s not something that I knew.

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Matthew K. Gold

Attn #cunydh12 RT @briancroxall: Huh. Apparently you can put OCR’d PDFs into Voyant. That’s not something that I knew. Continue reading →

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