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  1. Calendar

     VT @ FETC
    Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2011 - Thu Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2011
    The Visual Thesaurus will have an exhibit at the 2011 Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Visit us at Booth #845! Click here for conference details.

  2. Calendar

     Black History Month
    Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2011 - Mon Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2011
    For Black History Month, try using the Visual Thesaurus to help explore notable African American writings. Check out this lesson plan designed to help students interpret figurative language in Toni Morrison's novel A Mercy.

  3. Calendar

     VT @ TCEA
    Wed Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2011 - Fri Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2011
    The Visual Thesaurus will have an exhibit at the 2011 Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) at the Austin Convention Center. Visit us at Booth #1944! Click here for conference details.

  4. Word Count

     A Few Words with the Unclutterer
    Tue Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2010

    If I'm feeling "down" or overwhelmed, nothing improves my mood faster than cleaning a desk, a drawer or a closet. Call me deranged, but I adore organizing. Perhaps that's why I was so happy a few years ago to stumble across the marvelous website Unclutterer hosted by Erin Doland. I skim through it every day.

    Now, after interviewing her for this article I am, frankly, gobsmacked.

  5. Behind the Dictionary

     President Sends Americans to the Dictionary
    Mon Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2010
    Last week, President Barack Obama sent Americans running to the dictionary when he called Democrats opposing his compromise on tax cuts "sanctimonious."

  6. Blog Excerpts

     The Lion, the Witch, and the Wordbook
    Fri Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2010
    The latest movie installment of C.S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia" is in the theaters, and Jeremy Marshall, a researcher for the Oxford English Dictionary, celebrates by digging into Narnia's fantastic world of dryads, boggles, and orknies. Read Marshall's post on OUPblog here.

  7. Word Routes

     How the King Overcame His Stutter
    Fri Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2010
    This weekend, the movie "The King's Speech" gets its nationwide release in the United States, and it's already getting talked about as a front-runner for the Oscars. It has also received a great deal of buzz in the speech therapy community for its sensitive and credible depiction of King George VI's speech impediment and the methods that his therapist Lionel Logue used to overcome it. I take a look at the movie and the real-life story in my latest On Language column, appearing in the Oscars issue of the New York Times Magazine.

  8. Word Count

     Translation: Opening Worlds of Writing
    Thu Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2010
    Writing offers many advantages as a medium for thought. Writing can be accurate: true in detail to fact and nuance; versatile: no subject is beyond its grasp; imperishable: first editions return in time to dust, but texts can be reprinted; economical: a slim volume can hold a treasury of ideas.

  9. Evasive Maneuvers

     Holding Minimum High Regard for Passion Statements
    Wed Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2010
    Even the most kind and gentle soul can probably think of dozens of people to loathe, despise, disrespect, scorn, condemn, resent, pooh-pooh, or simply hold in contempt — the unkindest cuddle of all. But it’s difficult to discuss the objects of our hatred in language that captures the despicable-ness of the named while keeping the namer clean of the mud being slung.

  10. Teachers at Work

     The Dead Letter Classroom
    Tue Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2010
    Michele Dunaway, a teacher of English and journalism, writes: "In our haste to have students prep for standardized tests, English education has left behind a very important area: writing the letter."
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