Vocabulary.com will serve on the judging panel of The New York Times Learning Network's Summer Reading Contest for 2013. We are pleased to join what the Learning Network is calling "a powerhouse panel of...young-adult literary organizations."Continue reading...
Vocabulary.com executive producer and lexicographer Ben Zimmer and director of curriculum development Georgia Scurletis will host a live Twitter discussion with English teachers on Monday night from 7 to 8 p.m. EST at #engchat on "Word Play: Gamifying Vocabulary Instruction."Continue reading...
Last year, Vocabulary.com made TIME's list of the top 50 websites. Now, TIME senior editor Jeffrey Kluger has reviewed the site in depth, finding that, of online resources to help you learn new words, Vocabulary.com is "a leader in the sector." He judges the site on how well it addresses the questions, "Does this really help you learn? Do the words stick, or do they run out of your head the second you pour them in?"Continue reading...
Clubs, Dress-Up Days, and Bees: we pair three vocabulary-learning project ideas we've come across recently with suggestions for using Vocabulary.com to bring them to life.Continue reading...
Ninth grader Frankie O. shares his experience using Vocabulary.com, where he's busy learning words like conceited, foolhardy, and lineament.Continue reading...
The New York Times today praised Vocabulary.com as a sign that "real progress is finally being made in computer-assisted education."Continue reading...
Recently, eighth-grade English teacher Deborah Ryles from Correia Middle School in San Diego told us how she's differentiating vocabulary instruction in her classroom with Vocabulary.com.Continue reading...
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...