If any of you have ever tried to create a Powerpoint or any other kind of presentation using more images than text, you will know the frustration of trying to visually represent a concept. Here at my university the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning really encourages a style called Presentation Zen which is a more visual presentation style, and I struggle with this very issue.
I just discovered this website, Vizlingo, which is really intriguing. Though it is video and not images, it still could be good for generating ideas of what images you might use to represent a concept. Type in a phrase or concept and Vizlingo finds images to represent that phrase or concept. Sometimes it works pretty well. Other times...well...not so much. But I like the idea!
Another website that does something similar is Qwiki. You type your phrase or concept into Qwiki and it creates a multimedia video based on what you typed in. I had more success with this than Vizlingo, but the videos were not always on target and all seemed to end abruptly. Still I think there is something to these presentations, and I think they could be interesting ways to represent information you are trying to get across to students - particularly those students who learn better visually.
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