Workshop

eVocab

**//eVoc Strategy 1: Learn From Visual// //Displays of Word Relationships//** //**Within Text**// ** __ Building Vocabulary/Wordle __ ** [] []
 * Depends on building connections between words
 * highlight relationships between words
 * free
 * allows users to create word clouds based on the frequency of words in text
 * allows for analyzing, creating and publishing
 * stimulate student thinking about meaning, importance and relationship of words
 * highlights keywords and themes to prepare students for reading

**__ Pre-reading Questions __**
 * What does the word cloud suggest this article is about?
 * What seem to be the most important words?
 * How do these words go together?
 * Why do you think the Wordle designer chose this shape of word cloud?

**__ After Reading Questions __**
 * Do you think the word cloud captured what was most important to learn?
 * Are there keywords or ideas that are left out?
 * What superordinate terms reflect the main ideas?

**__ For students: __**
 * Creative design aspect serves as hook to engage them in meaning making
 * Words themselves that entice them to explore meanings and relationships

**__WordSift__** **__[|http://www.wordsift.com]__**
 * does not support artistic design
 * each word can be clicked on to show a collection of related images, word map, and a listing of sentences from the text that present the word in different contexts.
 * sorts words by difficulty and identifies academic words

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__**Digital Vocabulary Field Trip**__ [] []=
 * //eVoc Strategy 2: Take a Digital//** //**Vocabulary Field Trip**//
 * allows users to collect a series of websites and annotate them so that students follow the online journey
 * selected a context where the weather is extreme to heighten student interest and show the contrast to local weather
 * throughout the process they gain knowledge about words through multiple exposures in different contexts and through different media (reading, viewing, writing, conversation)
 * creates quizes

Activities to engage students in playing with words and word meanings. __**Vocabulary Games**__ __**[|www.vocabulary.co.il]**__ __**[|www.vocabulary.com]**__
 * //eVoc Strategy 3: Connect Fun// //and Learning With Online//** //**Vocabulary Games**//


 * crossword puzzles
 * picture-word matches
 * word scrambles
 * 8 Letters in Search of a Word
 * supplemented with themed word lists
 * test prep items
 * activities on prefixes and suffixes
 * provide a basis for whole-group instruction

This strategy focuses on students’ vocabulary representations in multiple modes—writing, audio, graphic, video, and animation.
 * //eVoc Strategy 4:// //Have Students Use Media//** //**to Express Vocabulary Knowledge**//

__**Using Media to Express Vocabulary Knoweldge**__
 * based on research - develop word meaning as they read the definition, view graphics, listen to the word, write or audiotape a personal connection to the word, create a caption for a graphic and complete an interactive word map.
 * Power Point is useful for linking words together, creating a multimedia glossary
 * vocabulary collections can be created in a word wiki or word blog

__**Online Word Reference Tools**__ [|www.visualthesaurus.com] [] [|www.thefreedictionary.com]
 * //eVoc Strategy 5: Take Advantage// //of Online Word Reference Tools//** //**That Are Also Teaching Tools**//
 * digital text has the capacity to communicate in multiple modes
 * they are on demand- students tend to use them more frequently than print and improve understanding of word meaning
 * many are free
 * some can be mounted on the browser toolbar and bookmarked

**//eVoc Strategy 6: Support Reading// //and Word Learning With Just-in-Time//** //**Vocabulary Reference Support**// Rather than using print dictionaries or asking teachers for help, students can learn to use online dictionaries and thesauri. [] [] []
 * Some word reference tools can be mounted on the browser toolbar, allowing students to right click on any word to look it up and have a brief definition display.

The value of a translator is that it supports learning words as they occur naturally in authentic text and allows students to view bilingual versions of a text side by side so that they can use their first-language [] []# []
 * //eVoc Strategy 7: Use Language// //Translators to Provide Just-in-Time//** //**Help for ELs**//

Strategies 8 and 9 help increase students’ volume of reading and, indirectly, their incidental word learning.

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 * //eVoc Strategy 8: Increase Reading//** //**Volume by Reading Digital Text**//

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 * //eVoc Strategy 9: Increase Reading// //Volume by Listening to Digital Text// //With a Text-to-Speech Tool//** //**and Audio Books**//

This last strategy promotes social learning and taps into students’ natural desire to create, to participate in communities, and to develop strategic competence.
 * //eVoc Strategy 10:// //Combine Vocabulary Learning//** //**and Social Service**//

[|http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1527] -offers an opportunity to promote students’ engagement with words while contributing to the social good. For each correct answer, the United Nations World Food Programme donates 20 grains of rice to countries in need.