Bob Rowan's List: Dictionaries

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dictionary reference thesaurus on 2009-04-21 and saved by 417 people

FROM VALENZA: Lexipedia mind maps relationships among words, while it provides traditional dictionary content. It also examines synonyms, antonyms, and fuzzynyms.Lexipedia mind maps relationships among words, while it provides traditional dictionary content. It also examines synonyms, antonyms, and fuzzynyms.

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reference dictionary on 2009-04-21 and saved by 21 people

FROM VALENZA: Wiktionary, the big daddy of 2.0 dictionaries is a collaborative project a free-content multilingual dictionary. When they say multi, they really mean multi.

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dictionary reference on 2009-04-21 and saved by 24 people

FROM VALENZA: Shahi's beautiful definitions connect to Flickr, Google, and Yahoo! images, as well as Wiktionary content.

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dictionary reference on 2009-04-21 and saved by 278 people

FROM VALENZA: Leximo, a social dictionary, invites users to submit words in every spoken language of the world. Since each word can be submitted by multiple users, definitions can vary widely in quality and thus other users can rank these definitions, so that the most popular definitions appear first. Its content seems to be stronger in languages other than English, but it may be a cool way for ELL students to share their own languages.

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dictionary Reference on 2009-04-21 and saved by 23 people

FROM VALENZA: Wordie is like Flickr, but without the photos. Wordie lets you make lists of words and phrases. Words you love, words you hate, words on a given topic, whatever. Lists are visible to everyone but can be added to by just you, a group of friends, or anyone, as you wish. Users may also comment, discuss, and attach private notes to words.

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reference dictionary on 2009-04-21 and saved by 207 people

FROM VALENZA: The Internet Slang Translator, also available as an iPhone app, may be useful to share with parents and teachers unused to the language of texting.

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reference dictionary web20 on 2009-04-21 and saved by 48 people

FROM VALENZA: The Urban Dictionary, the slang dictionary you wrote, is likely not going to make its way onto your language pathfinders. A substantial amount of its user-submitted may be too gritty for educational environments. But it will help you understand what some of your kids are really saying. (I've promised my own daughter I would not embarrass myself--and her--by even trying to use these words in conversation.) For those of us who are not faint of heart, it will serve as a way to discuss language and its evolution, slang, and perhaps the less-than-pretty ways we talk about each other.

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dictionary slang reference on 2009-04-21 and saved by 1224 people

FROM VALENZA: Visuwords. Wow! I LOVE the color-coded mind mapping. I can't wait to share this with our English teachers, in fact all our student writers. This may be my favorite!

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dictionary reference on 2009-04-21 and saved by 1302 people

FROM VALENZA: In the spirit of open gates to reference knowledge, I'll end this post by reposting the TED video in which lexicographer Erin McKean suggests we redefine our notion of dictionary.

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dictionary on 2009-04-21 and saved by 12 people

allows users to find definitions to multiple words with one search; searches other online dictionaries for definitions

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dictionary reference on 2009-12-15 and saved by 58 people