Free Personality Test

Site: http://www.41q.com/

It’s quick and it’s free. I like to do this sometimes as an activity with new students on the first day of classes. It can be a great ice-breaker.

Enjoy!

Make Einstein Say Anything

I found a cool tool today. You can make Einstein say anything!

Go to http://sbfun.org/einstein/index.php and fill out the form. Any words you enter will display on the chalkboard behind Einstein as if he wrote on the board. The site is in Chinese (?) so here are the labels for the controls:

• The big textarea on the left is for the text to display on the chalkboard behind Einstein. Duh.
• The drop-down box on the right is a list of font choice. I used DFPTongTong-B5 for my image.
• The first text box below the font drop-down is the font size. I used 17 point for my image.
• The bottom text box expresses the rotation of the text. I used the default -3 for my image which tilts the words down slightly toward the right. Positive numbers tilt the words up and to the right.
• The button below the three widgets on the right is Submit and applies the changes.

Have fun!

UPDATE: It seems the link is broken and the site is down now. Bummer.

Wordle Done Right: Two Pictures Tell the Story on Health Care Debate

Source: FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Two Pictures Tell the Story on Health Care Debate

Regardless of your stance on the healthcare debate in this country, this is a great example of a real-world application of Wordle.

Pro-Health Reform

Anti-Health Reform

Read the full story for details.