Friday, June 18, 2010

Resource of the Week - Wordia

Wordia is an online dictionary that provides the spelling, meaning, and etymology of the word and encourages members of the community to make personal connections to the words through video. An example may be found below in Wordia's Word of the Day for June 18, 2010:





In addition to the public version of Wordia, a school version is available, providing a private destination for students and teachers. Wordia Schools allows students to explore vocabulary and contribute their own personal thoughts and reflections on the meaning of a word through video. Wordia Schools allows words to be broken down in to subject area, theme, and keywords; lesson plans and assessment tools are forthcoming.

All videos uploaded to Wordia Schools are moderated and are not published to the public Wordia site. Teachers may decide if their videos are to be shared with one class, the whole school, or the entire Wordia Schools network.