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  1. Announcements

     The VT Spelling Bee, Now Even Better!
    Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    Since we launched the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee this past summer, we've been delighted to see how much you've all been playing it. The numbers tell the tale: so far about 500,000 words have been spelled by about 15,000 players. All of that player data has allowed us to improve the Bee on a continuous basis: every five minutes, words are rescored for difficulty taking into account the latest results from spellers. We've made some additional changes to fit the Bee to different skill levels, in order it make it an even more challenging and educational experience for players of all ages and abilities.

  2. Blog Excerpts

     The 2015 Spelling Bee Is On!
    Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015
    It's time once again for the nationally televised semifinals and finals of The Scripps National Spelling Bee! As in past years, our own Ben Zimmer will be live-tweeting the competition from the @VocabularyCom Twitter account and reporting on the results here in his Word Routes column.

  3. Teachers at Work

     The Big Show: Helpful Vocabulary for Teaching Plays
    Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011
    Hi, Teachers at Work readers! I've dragged myself up from my beach towel and stowed my mojito away so that we can take a look together at some basic vocabulary for studying plays in your classroom. Hey! Don't throw those beach umbrellas at me! It's not my fault that the New York City school year starts after Labor Day! Seriously, though, this column should help you whenever you want to incorporate theatre into your class.

  4. Teachers at Work

     Websites, Wikis and Blogs in the Classroom
    Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    My Juniors are beginning research papers this month, so last week, I broke the news to them, as I do every year: For their papers, they'll have to get up from their computers, go to an actual library building, and do some of their research with old-fashioned paper sources: newspapers, magazines, books. The horror in their eyes grows stronger every year, for each subsequent class I encounter lives more and more enmeshed in the online world. Yet, like my fellow teachers, I persevere with my insistence, for we know that research is a skill best learned in a library.

  5. Blog Excerpts

     The Mysteries of Naming
    Sat Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2006
    What's in a name? According to expert Nancy Friedman, who writes a blog called Away With Words, everything: "A name is the title of your story. You may think you're naming your company or your product. But in fact you're putting a title on the story you're telling investors, shareholders, customers, and employees. If you're smart and lucky, the name you choose will be the title of a great story. A saga. A legend. A tale told around the campfire for generations." Read the entry here.

  6. Word Count

     The Problem with Being a Natural Writer
    Mon Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2017
    There are some people we might describe as "Natural Writers." They write facilely and prolifically. They don't suffer from writer's block. But they also have some problems.

  7. Word Count

     Outlook: Cloudy
    Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012
    It's hard these days to be in the computer business and avoid "the cloud." All the big companies — Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, Cisco, and Apple, among others — tout their cloud services. For the most part, the folks who have to think about cloud computing are programmers. But odds are that you’re using the cloud today, and definitely will be tomorrow. What is "the cloud," anyway?

  8. Word Count

     Grammar Bite: Adjective Basics
    Thu Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Adjectives can be a writer's greatest friend, creating rich images and clear meaning. They can also be her worst enemy, convey conflicting ideas and tripping her up at every juncture. Today, we dip our toes into the pool of adjectives with a few general rules.

  9. Word Count

     Welcome to Dr. Wicked
    Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    It's been snowing where I live. Okay, I know it's winter and all, and that might not seem like a strange complaint (unless you live in, say, Australia) but I'm in Vancouver -- the wet capital of the world.

  10. Word Routes

     Hold the Mayo!
    Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2009
    Yesterday's Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day was mayonnaise, and the entry for it was a bit too terse for some readers: "This French word has enjoyed a handful of spellings since its first 19th-century appearance and merits an etymology of nearly 300 words in the OED, the gist of which is 'origin uncertain.'" There's nothing less satisfying in an etymological explanation than "origin uncertain," so let's explore what's behind those tantalizing words.
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