Digital Tools for the Writing Classroom Many Eyes Heather Wayne
Digital Tools for the Writing Classroom
Many Eyes
Heather Wayne
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Many Eyes
• IBM 2007• Free• Convenient• Visualizes large data
sets, unstructured text
Visualization Types
Bubble Chart
Word Cloud
Phrase Net
Word Tree
How to use it• Create an account by going to: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/
(you can also just Google: “many eyes”)• Click on “upload a data set.”• Copy and paste your data (text or Excel columns) into the box provided and click
“create.”• On the next screen, click “visualize.”• Choose a visualization type. (Hint: each visualization has a “learn more” button
underneath that will give you a more detailed explanation of how to use it and when its use would be most appropriate.)
• Use the editing tools to customize your visual.• Click “publish.”• To save a copy, click “full image” at the bottom of the page, and then print, or save
the image to your computer.• Click on “share this” to email a link, share on Facebook or Twitter, or embed the
image on a blog or website.