C'mon, Baby, Let's Do The (Text) Twist

My nephew (who has just started blogging) shared a nifty little game that helps him with his spelling. The game is called Text Twist. I doubt anyone will be able to access it from school but hopefully, folks will give it a whirl when they get home. It's addictive.



Related links: Here are a few other linguistic links that word-lovers will appreciate.

• AllWords,
• Free Rice
• Merriam-Webster’s Online Word of the Day,
• New York Times Word of the Day,
• Princeton University’s WordNet (as well as the online version of WordNet),
• Samuel Stoddard’s Fun With Words.
• the oddly addictive connected thesaurus known as Lexical FreeNet,
• the Visual Thesaurus,
• Visuwords,
• Vocabula Review,
• Wikipedia’s definition of word,
• Wordsmith.org’s AWAD, and
• World Wide Words.

I See What You're Saying

A little bird told me that Matt Cruikshank has illustrated some excellent visual interpretations of popular sayings over at his blog, the Crooked Leg. For Language Arts teachers who have access to an interactive slate/whiteboard (things like eInstruction's Interwrite Pad, Mimio, Promethean's Activclassroom materials, as well as SMART products) and a projector, this would be an excellent way to promote student engagement. After seeing Matt's examples, students could be encouraged to create their own examples. Imagine turning students loose with an interactive slate/whiteboard and tools such as Inkscape, ArtRage (use the Starter Edition for free), TuxPaint, or the GIMP.

Via an excellent post at Drawn!