Eclectic Technology

If you are looking for some new tools to try this post is worth checking out. Twenty tech tools are included, each with a brief description. Have you heard of DoSomething.org? This site "encourages teens to band together and work for positive social change." How about Hippocampus? The Monterey Institute of Technology and Education provides great multimedia content geared to high school and college. The tools listed cover pre-school to college, but not all are free. 

Along with the visual dictionary by Miriam-Webster and Visuwords (one view seen above) there is also a link to a great site called Vocabahead. Vocabahead provides words lists for students from 6th grade through 11th grade. You can also get the top 300 SAT words and a Master List. What makes this different is that you select a word and a visual screencomes up with an illustration and the definition is read to you. There is also a sentence at the bottom of the screen that provides a sentence so you can hear the word in context. With over 12,000 words chances are you will learn new ones. You can also take quizzes, share word lists, track performance and more! All these tools are free, and Vocabahead also has an apps for Androids and iPhones.