WNY Education Associates » vocabulary http://www.angelastockman.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Words, Words, Words http://www.angelastockman.com/blog/2010/04/01/words-words-words/ http://www.angelastockman.com/blog/2010/04/01/words-words-words/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:21:11 +0000 Angela http://www.angelastockman.com/?p=1822 Found in my travels this week:

  • VocabGrabber enables users to see how words are used in context.
  • Confusing Words highlights the biggies that so many of us misuse.
  • Save the Words is kinda beautiful, although I’m struggling a bit with its utility.
  • IdiomSite.Com may become a quick favorite of some teachers I know…..
  • RhymeZone is a rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
  • Visuwords is an online dictionary that graphs word relationships
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So now…….I’m kinda loving what’s she (and a team of friends) are up to here.

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