Cool+Graphics+Tools

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Imagechef.com is a very easy tool for creating customized signs, buttons, banners, and more. The "Say it with graphics" sign on this page was created using Imagechef.com.

Wordle.net is a very engaging, easy-to-use graphics tool for creating word mosaics or word clouds. See the example on this page. To save images, on a PC, use Alt+Print Screen, then paste into Paint or any other image editing software to crop. On a Mac, you can use Cmd+Shift+4 to save your image as a .png file. You can also save your image to the Public Gallery. Please DON'T print directly from the image page; it doesn't work. Use the Print button below the image.

Here is a slideshow of 50 Interesting Ways to use Wordle in the Classroom. created by Tom Barrett.

Flickr.com is a great resource for finding images that have been uploaded by museums, libraries, and individuals from all over the world. Many of these images have been assigned Creative Commons licenses, so you are allowed to use them in published works without first contacting the copyright holder for permission. Be sure, though, to use the Advanced Search option and click the Creatve Commons box. You need to recheck the Creative Commons box each time you do a new search.

Flickrcc.bluemountains.net will search Flickr for you and limit your results to just Creative Commons images.

Check this page from Joyce Valenza's wiki for many more image sources. What's Creative Commons? Check out this short, 2 1/2-minute video:

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