It’s Tuesday again and that means it’s time to roll out another tech-isode in my “Tech It Up Tuesday” series in which I will share an edtech tool, app, site or other resource that can be utilized in the educational setting.
Seems like a great day to learn about the coolest dictionary known to hombre, right? So, that’s the plan! And the tool’s name is Lingro, an online dictionary that converts an ordinary web page into one that transforms all of the words on the desired page into interactive definitions! Yep, just like magic this resource immediately displays a definition when any word on the page is clicked.
Having trouble wrapping your mind around all of that? Then check out the example shown below. First, I located a page of interest from the web (info about Groundhog Day from Scholastic.com), snagged the URL, pasted it into the Lingro interface and here’s the outcome… As you can see, I clicked on two words and for each one, I received a box containing the part of speech and multiple definitions.
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