The Title of the site is Teach Thought (http://www.teachthought.com/featured/21-literacy-resources-for-the-digital-teacher/).  The article entitled “21 Literacy Resources for the Digital Teacher” is written by Kimberly Tyson, Ph.D and is linked to http://www.learningunlimitedllc.com/.  The website presents 21 websites that teachers can utilize to make learning new vocabulary words more interactive and convenient.

The first website listed as a resource is Lingro.  Students copy the URL of a text or poem that they must read and paste in a URL bar in the Lingro site.  Every word in the text or poem can then be clicked on and the definition of the word will appear in a bubble beside the word.  This will be a useful resource for my struggling readers.

Another resource entitled “Tagxedo” enables the user to create a picture with words, as in a concrete poem.  There is also a link on this site entitled “Top Ten Characteristics of Effective Vocabulary Instructions” that offers many strategies for teaching vocabulary.  One strategy is called “Marzano’s Six Steps for Building Academic Vocabulary.”  One of the steps suggests that students create a picture or symbolic representation of the words to aid in their comprehension of the new vocabulary word.

Flashcard Stash is another resource that has many fun interactive vocabulary games.  Teachers can search in the site from a popular list and utilize existing vocabulary words created by other teachers.  The Water Fall Game looks like a game my students will enjoy.  The student must type the correct word before the definition that is slowly dropping on the screen reaches the bottom.

There are so many resources on this site.  It will take a few days to review all 21 resources.