Jessika+Homann+Vocabulary+Tools+Evaluation

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Vocabulary Tools

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 * =Lexipedia= || Gives a visual representation of a word with synonyms and antonyms. Also, shows the part of speech the word is. || Type in the word and go. Students can create meaning through like and unlike words. || Free, no login, simple to use and see. || 4 ||
 * =Lingro= ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * =Shahi= || This is a visual dictionary. Gives the definition to the word and a gallery of images. || Type in the word and the definition comes up with a gallery of pictures on the left to view. Can choose from Flicker, Google, or Yahoo Galleries. A few words are visible at a time, so your last search doesn't disappear. || Free, no login, can't filter images that show up. || 4 ||
 * =Snappy Words= || Almost exactly the same as Visuwords. || Same as Visuwords || Has advertisements that Visuwords doesn't have. || 3 ||
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 * =Visuwords= || A thesuarus tool that gives synonyms and antonyms for the word, as well as examples, and puts them into a visual web that can be manipulated. || You type in the word and the web is generated. || Free, no login. Shows connections between words which is cool and shows what part of speech each word is. A little complicated for younger students. || 3 ||
 * =VocabGrabber= ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * =Webster's Visual Dictionary= || A visual online dictionary that gives diagrams and images along with a definition. || Right now you have to choose a subject over on the left and then search through the options. Very time consuming and limiting. || Could be really cool when its finished. Still has some good information on it. Search feature doesn't work. || 2 ||
 * =Wordia= || This is an online dictionary with videos of real people giving definitions in their own words as well as dictionary definitions and synonyms. || A teacher can sign up for an educational account. This account allows you to create word lists, choosing video content, takes out all advertisements and 3rd party feeds, allows you to upload student examples, etc. || Using the tool as is is free with no login, but you do have to sign up for a teacher account which gets rid of the twitter feeds and advertisements. || 4 ||
 * =Wordsift= || This tool is a combination of a wordle and a visual thesuarus. || This tool lets you paste text into a text box, then it finds the most commonly used words, when you click on a word it finds examples from the text where the word is used, gives you a visual thesuarus, and searches the term on google. || It seems ok, but you can't control what comes up in the google search, and the meaning of the word is only addressed through synonyms. No login required. Free. || 3 ||
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