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A new tool that can be added to this section is called VocabGrabber: Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus. Text from any source can be paste and copied and analyzed for key vocab words and concepts. It displays these in a tag cloud and the word list can be sorted in four ways: Relevance, A-Z, Occurrences, and Familiarity. Another great feature is that classifies the words according to subject/discipline. On the right hand side of the site, there are definitions and examples of the word used contextually. Copying and pasting can be eliminated if VocabGrabber is added to the toolbar. I will add this tool to the history students' blog and to mine. What a great way to improve comprehension.
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RE: Summarizing and Notetaking
By: caskeyd,
May 19 2009, 1:17 PM EDT
"A new tool that can be added to this section is called VocabGrabber: Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus. Text from any source can be paste and copied and analyzed for key vocab words and concepts. It displays these in a tag cloud and the word list can be sorted in four ways: Relevance, A-Z, Occurrences, and Familiarity. Another great feature is that classifies the words according to subject/discipline. On the right hand side of the site, there are definitions and examples of the word used contextually. Copying and pasting can be eliminated if VocabGrabber is added to the toolbar. I will add this tool to the history students' blog and to mine. What a great way to improve comprehension." Thanks Barb! you can add the Visual Thesaurus directly to the wiki. I will add it this time, but feel free to add any tools directly under the strategy where they fit. You are right! This is a good tool.
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