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Congratulations on making it this far in the program! You have earned a little playtime. You can use these items below to have fun, learn, and to create. When you are finished trying a few of these out, please remember to blog about your experience. What did you like? What didn't you like? Will you visit any of these sites again? Are these useful tools or fascinating time-wasters? Enjoy!

Guess-the-google
Based on Google's image search, it turns searching into a fun, visual and engaging game. Enjoy the challenge of being the fastest and most efficient at making that connection between search terms and their results. Or, for the flip side, Montage a google will making montages from images found on Google image search.

Spelling Bee
The Times Spelling Bee transforms the frustrations of spelling into fun games and a bit of competition. Challenge friends to a Head-to-Head challenge. Give yourself a Word Workout by playing a game that is a cross between Hangman and Scrabble. Or try the classic Spelling Bee -- requires speakers or headphones -- to listen to the words and spell them correctly. Get it wrong and you're out!

Free Rice
You can learn something new and feed the world at the same time. FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program and partners with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. For each answer you get right, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Program to help end hunger. Choose from a variety of subjects such as Famous Paintings, Chemistry Symbols, English Grammar or Vocabulary, World Geography, World Capitals, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Basic Math, and Multiplication Table.

Animoto
Sign up with Animoto and you can create 30 second videos for free with your own photos. Check it out!

Xtranormal
"If you can type, you can make movies." Sign up for free and choose either 1 or 2 actors from 6 different free versions.


Wordle
Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. If you enjoy typography, you'll love Wordle!

Webby Awards
Want to see more cool, innovative, and award winning web sites? See the best of the web from the Webby Honorees, Nominees, and Winners.

Jackson Pollock
Create your own Pollock. Use your mouse to point-drag-click and create virtual paint drops and trails.

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