My fascination with words definitely influenced my career choice, and the Web has made investigating words instant, accurate, and convenient for me. NinjaWords, a really fast dictionary, is a particularly favorite site. I also like The Free Dictionary for its illustrations (sometimes), pronunciations (always), and thesaurus.
I've created vocabulary content on the Web for my own use with students, but had never thought of interacting with others online in a joint effort to create content. Recently I've found a couple of sites that encourage user contributions for vocabulary development. Word Ahead is a video vocabulary instruction site for SAT vocabulary words. Similarly set up, Wordia invites users to upload video of themselves defining a word that has special meaning to them. However, I have not found sites targeted for child-created vocabulary instruction. I really like that constructivist idea...especially the visual component...especially for my deaf students. Hmmmm...
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