Professional Development

To help our customers get the most out of their site licenses to the Visual Thesaurus, we offer free web-based training for institutional accounts. At the end of our training, a teacher will be able to walk back into the classroom, pick up the next day's lesson, and use the Visual Thesaurus to add richness and texture to that lesson.

We offer prerecorded training viewable from any computer with internet access and live training by web conference.

Instructional Videos

Want to learn how to use the Visual Thesaurus to add some extra oomph to your classroom activities? The following instructional videos are available on our web site, and are perfect for teachers who can't make a training session or who need a refresher.

• Using the Visual Thesaurus as a Dictionary and Thesaurus (4:21)
• Adjusting your Settings (2:18)
• Understanding Pop-up Menus (3:18)
• Instructions for Administrators (5:52)
• Using the Visual Thesaurus with an Interactive Whiteboard (2:37)

Live Training

We cover the logistics of searching, some deeper uses of the Visual Thesaurus, and easy and intuitive ways to use the Visual Thesaurus in science, language arts, and social studies classrooms. The training lasts about half an hour, and gives your teachers the chance to ask questions. The live web-based training requires that teachers be in front of a computer with high-speed internet access, and be able to hear a telephone. They can be in one location or multiple sites; at individual computers or a projected one; on individual phones or a speakerphone. If your institution subscribes to the Visual Thesaurus, and you are interested in a live online training, click here to fill out a form for more information.