Topic : Visual Thesaurus
When Sharon Simeon isn't teaching special ed at a Flint, Michigan, elementary school, she's working on her second masters at a local university. We asked her how Visual Thesaurus helps her in -- both -- of her classrooms. Continue reading...Article Topics:Gina Peebles teaches English at the Continuous Learning Center in Camden, South Carolina. It's an alternative school for problem students expelled from the district's junior high and high schools. Gina's a "core academic" teacher, the only English instructor at the school. She works with fifty students and teaches many different levels, often in the same classroom. Gina has to get creative to get through to these challenging students. So she puts technology - and the Visual Thesaurus - to work in her classroom in innovative ways. She explains how. Continue reading...Article Topics:If you have a website -- whether you're a blogger, mom-and-pop or 800-pound orangutan - you think about "user experience." That, of course, is obvious. But ever try to find a phone number on a company's website? How many clicks did it take? Well, maybe not so obvious. Continue reading...Article Topics:
Do animals get a fair shake in language? Bring along your cattle prod, whip, and
lasso this month to the Language Lounge as we explore the Visual Thesaurus and follow
boldly in the footsteps of our ancestors in making sure that mankind reigns supreme.
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