If you are looking for a last minute field trip or activity for students before you head into summer - check out Google Voyager. Google Voyager allows students to visit places using beautiful images and information. Click on the Voyager icon that looks like a ship steering wheel in Google Earth to start your voyage. Have a great summer! https://earth.google.com/web/data=CgQSAggB

If you are looking for a fun activity these last few days of school, check out stop motion studio. This is app allows students to take pictures of still objects in sequence to make an animated video. Above is a sample of some work posted on youtube using stop motion video. The tool is also available in both the Google Play store and the App Store in iTunes for ios devices. Check it out at the Google Play Store at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cateate

As the year starts to wind down and you are looking for a few projects or quick lesson plans, consider inklewriter. Inklewriter is a free, interactive story creator that is fun and easy for students to use. Give students a topic and let their imaginations run wild. You can also create a free account. Sign up at https://writer.inklestudios.com/

It was a very sad day when the Random Name Generator did not work, but now I finally have an alternative, Flippity.net. It works! Just follow the directions at http://flippity.net/RandomNamePicker.asp (one thing to note, the get link is on the second tab of the google sheet you copy, look across the bottom of the sheet to where it states get link) Have fun!

Spell with Flickr, creators can spell words into the spell box and create works of art. The site also provides embed code that users can use to embed the fun words into almost anything. This is great for students to use with projects, presentations, poems, art projects, and many more ideas. It is very quick and easy to use. Fun May day tip.