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Useful tool for generating constructive alignment statements

This tool allows users to create their own clip art by changing the letters in photos of signs. The tool provides over 500 templates or a user can upload a photo of a sign and change the letters around.

A website where you can type in some text and it will turn it into a shape of choice

The Creative Commons organization now has a tool to help you choose the best license for your situation. It helps you select the right license for your work. To select the right license for your work just answer a few questions and a license will be recommended to you.

The Citation Wizard is a free online utility that automatically generates citations according to MLA style speficiations. The site is simple to use: select the medium that best describes the work you would like to cite, type in the requested information, and click on the "view citation" button. Your citation will appear instantly, saving you time and eliminating the hassle of consulting style manuals. In addition to instant citation generation, the latest edition of the Wizard allows you to create an entire bibliography document from scratch! You will be able to begin a document, add entries to it, and save the document to your computer.

Using Aviary's Roc service you can create your own music loops or samples. After you've created your music samples you can download them, reuse them in Myna, or embed them into your blog. Below you will find a brief tutorial on how to create sound loops using Aviary Roc.

Random generators.

GridCalc is a easy to use grid calculator. Just enter the desired width of your page and an aproximate range for your column and gutter width and the calculator will give you all the possible combinations within the limits you entered. You get a nice visual representation of the results, click preview on a result and you get a better presentation of how the grid can be used. When you have decided which grid configuration you want to use you can download the configuration as a css file to use in your project.

Portrait Illustration Maker is a site where you can generate an avatar or carton a character for free. A lot of character icons are provided in this site completely free of charge.

Just Crosswords provides 15x15 crossword puzzles. Click on the clues or the spaces in the puzzle, and then simply type to fill in the blanks. Over 300 to choose from. Also, make your own puzzle, save it, play it and link to it.

DoppelMe is a dynamic avatar maker that lets you create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web.

An easy-to-use and quick tool for creating HTML tables out of spreadsheet data

Similar to Wordle, Tagxedo is a new style of word cloud generator

Similar to Wordle but needs to offer more. Can't remove common words for instance.

Part of a larger Marvel Comic site with games and other promotional material, this page lets you create relatively simple comic strips using characters from the Marvel comics. A little like a cut down version of Comic Life it is a reasonable introductory tool. Finished comics can be printed or downloaded as a pdf.

My Avatar Editor creates avatars based on the Mii™ characters found on the Nintendo® Wii™. With an extremely easy interface, avatars can be created either online or by using the download app available from the site. The on site guide has all you need to get started.