Visual+Word+Image+Tools

These websites provide tools to create an interesting combination of words and images in a visually pleasing way to be used in either a poster or a presentation.

Wordle
not easy to share plain image once created || a picture is made automatically with different sizes based on word frequencies. Users can choose word arrangement and colors. || personal representation of themselves. User can analyze what topics are trending in the news by seeding a news website and identifying the largest words. ||
 * Website: || [] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser, java plug-in required ||
 * Anonymous User: || View, create, and publish a word cloud ||
 * Logged-in User: || N/A ||
 * Email Use: || N/A ||
 * Paid Option: || N/A ||
 * Comparison: || Easy to use, stable plug-in, not very interactive once built,
 * Comparison: || Easy to use, stable plug-in, not very interactive once built,
 * Description: || Using a URL or plain text with different frequencies of words,
 * Uses: || User can seed words with different frequencies to create a

Tagxedo
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may become restricted to paid use in the future) || mouse-over, plain text creator not available || sized words based on word frequencies. Users can choose word arrangement and colors. || seeding a news website and identifying the largest words. ||
 * Website: || [] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser, silverlight plug-in required ||
 * Anonymous User: || View, create, and publish a word cloud ||
 * Logged-in User: || N/A ||
 * Email Use: || N/A ||
 * Paid Option: || N/A (currently all free in beta, use of certain fonts and designs
 * Paid Option: || N/A (currently all free in beta, use of certain fonts and designs
 * Comparison: || Easy to share and create plain images, words move with
 * Description: || Using a URL a picture is made automatically with different
 * Uses: || User can analyze what topics are trending in the news by

Wallwisher
positioning and image addition, not as flexible for text rotation || virtual bulletin board full of different sized text and images || and images scaled in size based on how important they are, Shared space can function as a virtual FAQ space, with different font sizes representing how frequent the question is ||
 * Website: || [|http://www.wallwisher.com] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser ||
 * Anonymous User: || View, create, and add to a public virtual bulletin board ||
 * Logged-in User: || View, create and add to a private virtual bulletin board ||
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account creation ||
 * Paid Option: || N/A ||
 * Comparison: || Easy to initially create a shared space, very robust text
 * Comparison: || Easy to initially create a shared space, very robust text
 * Description: || Through clicking to add virtual sticky notes, users generate a
 * Uses: || User can create a shared space for a group to add words

Glogster
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required) || media into final product, somewhat sluggish to use and view || users create an interactive presentation space on the topic of their choosing. || presentation on a research topic, Glog can be built as a starting point for a specific unit theme. ||
 * Website: || [|http://www.glogster.com] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser, flash plug-in required ||
 * Anonymous User: || View published Glogs ||
 * Logged-in User: || Create Glogs and comment on published Glogs ||
 * Email Use: || Required for regular user log-in account creation ||
 * Paid Option: || School package pre-makes student accounts (no email address
 * Paid Option: || School package pre-makes student accounts (no email address
 * Comparison: || Very robust text and image positioning, incorporates video
 * Description: || Through adding an assortment of text, images and videos,
 * Uses: || User can use a Glog as a substitute for a PowerPoint

My Fake Wall
to create a fully developed page || page, but populated with the images and text of the user's choosing || imagining what that person would say on facebook and who that person would interact with. ||
 * Website: || [] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser ||
 * Anonymous User: || View published fake walls ||
 * Logged-in User: || Create fake walls ||
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account creation ||
 * Paid Option: || N/A ||
 * Comparison: || Very believable look compared to actual facebook, more difficult
 * Comparison: || Very believable look compared to actual facebook, more difficult
 * Description: || User can create a webpage designed to look like a facebook
 * Uses: || User can create a fake page based on a famous person,

Fakebook
populates page with google search images to make the page more quickly || page, but populated with the images and text of the user's choosing || imagining what that person would say on facebook and who that person would interact with. ||
 * Website: || [|http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page#] ||
 * Distribution: || In browser ||
 * Anonymous User: || View, create, save and share fake walls ||
 * Logged-in User: || Access without advertisements ||
 * Email Use: || Required for log-in account creation ||
 * Paid Option: || Removes ads from webpage ||
 * Comparison: || Yellow editing bar reduces believablility, automatically
 * Comparison: || Yellow editing bar reduces believablility, automatically
 * Description: || User can create a webpage designed to look like a facebook
 * Uses: || User can create a fake page based on a famous person,