The interface is simple. Students can enter a word and find its definition, similar words, opposite words or words which rhyme with that word. The translator offers 12 different combinations of translations and you can download translation software Babylon 9 for free. Word Hippo can be used by students of all ages, even though the name gives you the impression it is just for younger kids.
Showing posts with label dictionary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dictionary. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Check Out Word Hippo
The interface is simple. Students can enter a word and find its definition, similar words, opposite words or words which rhyme with that word. The translator offers 12 different combinations of translations and you can download translation software Babylon 9 for free. Word Hippo can be used by students of all ages, even though the name gives you the impression it is just for younger kids.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
For Your Research: 40 Different Types of Glossaries
I've heard some students ask if a glossary is the same as a dictionary. Growing up without the Internet, I learned that a glossary was a listing of terms at the end of book. Each one of my textbooks had a glossary, which made it easy to look up any words which I didn't understand. Most of today's textbooks have glossaries, and unlike dictionaries, which have the definitions to all words, the glossary is a vocabulary list from a specific topic or work. So, for example, the digital photography teacher would use a glossary with vocabulary related specifically to digital photography, and an elementary school teacher would have their students use a dictionary to look up their spelling words. This list will be placed under the Reference tab and be updated over time.
•ART AND MUSIC
•EDUCATION
LDOnline Glossary- learning disabilities
•GRAPHICS-PHOTOGRAPHY-TECHNOLOGY
Digital Photography Glossary -digital photography glossary
eLearning Glossary- technology/web/Internet words
HTML Glossary- for web designers
•LANGUAGE ARTS
•MATHEMATICS
•MISCELLANEOUS
Glossary of Psychological Terms- from APA
•SCIENCE
Amazing Space Glossary
Environmental Glossary- are you green?
Genome Glossary- from the Human Genome Project
Water Science Glossary- from USGS
Weather Glossary- from Weather.com
•SOCIAL STUDIES
Holocaust Glossary- from A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
Thursday, July 21, 2011
15 Places to Find Different Types of Thesauri
The Agricultural Thesaurus
The Art and Architecture Thesaurus
Astronomy Thesaurus
The Cook's Thesaurus
German Thesaurus
Roget's International Thesaurus- choose from drop-doen menu
Voycabulary-online Web dictionary & thesaurus word linking tool; twenty-nine languages!
Friday, July 1, 2011
38 Different Types of Online Dictionaries
Answers.com- the best definitions & explanations for over one million topics!
ArtLex Art Dictionary- contains over 3600 terms, with images, quotations & cross referencing.
Hometown Locator -Location information for 1.8 million physical and cultural features with links to maps and aerial photos
Infoplease Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary Search gives you access to more than 125,000 complete, precisely defined entries.
Online Etymology Dictionary- explanations of what words mean and "how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago."
Visual Dictionary Online- with 15 major themes and 6,000 images, this is a great interactive dictionary from Merriam-Webster.
Your Dictionary.com -translate foreign languages
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