When Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, GA equipped its ninth grade English classrooms with Netbooks, teacher Marc Ginsberg decided to make Vocabulary.com the backbone of his vocabulary curriculum. Here, he talks with Vocabulary.com about the experience. Continue reading...
A rigorous summer reading program that preps rising middle schoolers for the next grade propels this middle school to its 5th monthly Champions Banner. Continue reading...
The New York Times Learning Network has been running a Summer Reading Contest for students, and each week a different literacy organization judges the competition. This week, Vocabulary.com is honored to serve as the judge. Students, submit an entry and you could be a winner! Continue reading...
As our culture becomes more homogenized, regional language distinctions fade away. But many are still out there, and they're still fun. Case in point: Taylor Swift's video on New York City-specific vocab, made for NYCGO's "Welcome 2 New York" campaign. Continue reading...
Vocabularians everywhere, get ready to join (or host) a Vocabulary Jam! What is a Vocabulary Jam? It's a competition where teams compete in real-time to see which team can answer the most questions correctly.
Start a Jam in your classroom, among friends, or with a whole auditorium. Continue reading...
It's time once again for our monthly installment of the Vocabulary Bowl Top 20 Roundup, our SportsCenter-style broadcast recognizing the schools around the country that have come out on top of the Vocab Bowl leaderboards. Continue reading...
The 2015-16 Vocabulary Bowl season wrapped up on April 30th, so in our latest SportsCenter-style roundup we catch you up on the action in the final month of play. Continue reading...