Generators

Generators are signs, images, graphics that let you add your own text too.

**13 Fantastic and Fun Image Generators **  @http://mashable.com/2009/08/22/image-generators/  From Mashable, Most of the tools on this list are web-based and as easy to use as filling in a web form. We’ve added a couple of desktop applications that make visual communication a lot quicker and easier, even for those of us without a ton of graphic design skills. **Giant Cookie **

 @http://www.glassgiant.com/giant_cookie/?shape=round&l1=Chocolate+Chip+Cookies&l1col=green&size=300x144  Type your message and it will be placed in a cookie. This could be used on an infographic on nutrition or chocolate.

 **Newspaper **  @http://www.addletters.com/newspaper-generator.htm  This could be a fun way to present information - turn it into a newspaper headline.

 **Movie Clapper Board **  @http://www.fodey.com/generators/movie/clapper_board.asp Does your infographic relate to any movie? Or maybe the title of your infographic is the same title as a famous movie? Use the clapboard in place of the usual title. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> Generators are all over the Internet. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> @http://www.fodey.com/generators/movie/clapper_board.asp

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">**<span class="wiki_link_ext">Chocolate Candy Bar ** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> @http://www.glassgiant.com/chocolate_bar/?l1=Charlie+%26+the+Chocolate+Factory&size=400x300 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> Use this for a chocolate infographic or for the literature book, //Charlie and the Chocolate Fact//ory. Infographics for literature books could include an author profile, interesting quotes from the book, a synopsis of the book or a teaser, and a poll from students who have read the book. Students can mashup fiction with nonfiction in a literature infographic. For example, in //Charlie and the Chocolate Factory//, a fiction book, pull out the nonfiction elements. How is chocolate made? Does it grow on trees (I wish!)? Where did it originate? And on and on and on!

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> **<span class="wiki_link_ext">Chalkboard Message ** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> @http://www.glassgiant.com/back_to_school/?l1=Welcome+to+2010&classtype=math&size=large <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> This might complement an infographic on how schools have changed in the last century.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> **Plane Banner** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> @http://www.glassgiant.com/plane/?l1=READ+EVERYDAY&style=heart <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> An infographic on advertising or airplanes might be a good place for this banner. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> **<span class="wiki_link_ext">Snowglobe ** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> @http://www.glassgiant.com/snowglobes/ <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> This could be fun to use with any of the Gary Paulsen books that take place in snowy areas. Upload a snowy scene from Minnesota or from Alaska - ah, the Iditarod. An infographic on the Iditarod could be pretty fascinating, especially for our students here in the midwest!

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">**<span class="wiki_link_ext">Restaurant Sign ** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> @http://www.addletters.com/restaurant-sign-generator.htm <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> This would work on an infographic on nutrition or economy.