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Onelook.com – The Online Dictionary Amalgamation
Another resource that I want to remember!
In the Education Research Reading Room’s Podcast Episode #062, Margaret McKeown promotes one of her favourite dictionary sources: www.onelook.com
It is an amalgamation of almost all online dictionary sources in one place and a great place to help students discover the meaning of a word in a particular context.
Students can enter words in a variety of methods to either look for definitions as well as similar and related words.
Definitions are given by subject matter and have the source noted. This allows students a whole picture of any given word in different contexts. McKeown explains the benefit of this arises out of dictionary writers only being allotted a small amount of space to write definitions for each word, and therefore, each dictionary has its own narrow view of a word. By combining several dictionary definitions, the true meaning of a word in its context can become apparent.
Lovell, O. (2022, February 24). ERRR #062. Margaret McKeown on Robust Vocabulary Instruction. Ollie Lovell. Retrieved July 28, 2022, from https://www.ollielovell.com/errr/margaretmckeown-vocab/
Don’t forget these Shelley Moore Videos on Inclusion
Build lessons that allow for student choice. It is easier to embed support to help students make choices than to try to fix something made for others.
Special Education evolved out of the medical model (Cupcakes – a prescription of supports). “Kids aren’t broken!” Instead, make a cake out of that batter of support! Let all the kids eat from that support cake. Kids won’t have to fail before they receive support. Prevention and wrap-around support – Let’s make more batter!