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 FUN STUFF

Library of Congress

Words of the Year 2010

Vocabulary and Word Games - Select from the left column to practice a variety of skills.

TALK SOUP

60-Second Recap of Famous Books

Infographics

New York Times Crossword Puzzles for  Students

Memorize.com

Wordle - Create word clouds.

Tagxedo - Create word clouds in a variety of shapes.   Requires Microsoft Silverlight (free download).

Magnetic Poetry - It's just like magnets on your refrigerator!

Word Count Tool - Paste in your text to see how many words you've written.

Bitesize Bingo - Practice your skills in English, Math, Science, Geography, History and French.

SoundJay - Free sound effects for projects, blogs, etc.

Librivox - Free audio books from the public domain available for download.  Search the catalog and download a book!

Corkboard Me is sort of a Wallwisher-clone that is even simpler to use but has fewer features. You just paste virtual sticky-notes on a virtual bulletin board. One nice feature it has is by pasting the url address of an image link, the image will show up on the sticky note. No registration is necessary.
 



 
  
 
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"The Monkey's Paw" (1902) referenced in August 2009 editorial: