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ABCya.com word clouds for kids! A word cloud is a graphical representation of word frequency. Type or paste text into the box below and press the arrow button to view the word cloud generated. The appearance of a word cloud can be altered using the graphical buttons above the cloud. It is also easy to save and/or print the cloud by simply pressing a button. 

Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misuse

Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world. Ever wondered how a word is pronounced? Ask for that word or name, and another user will pronounce it for you. You can also help others by recording your pronunciations in your own language.

Fill up a heart with words you choose. Nice tool. There are links to other interesting tools.

1000 images on the tip of my tongue is an interactive site focusing on idiomatic expressions that have the same meaning in French, English and Spanish, but cannot be translated word for word. This trilingual directory provides more than 1000 idiomatic phrases classified according to themes. Each of them is inserted into a short text which illustrates its meaning and contains a digital audio file. Listening to the file allows to fully understand all the various shades in the pronunciation. The site also includes exercises and games as well as brief, humorous animations which contribute to the discovery of the fascinating world of colourful expressions.

fun new wordle-type tool

"Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text."

VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.

What is the difference between vector and bitmap? Who care? You, them, we. Knowing the proper graphics file format to use in any given situation will save you from ever again hearing these dreaded words: "You should have created that in (the name of the program you didn't create it in)," "Your artwork isn't high enough resolution,"

Paste a passage of text in the box and a list of key words appears that can be used for building vocabulary.

Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images, and more!

this is a fantastic educational tool!

Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images, and more! Shahi Status: Version 0.1 Using English Wiktionary XML Dump dated Nov 12th 2008 Using WordNet 3.0 Searching over 222k words

"Text 2 Mind Map is a web application that converts texts to mind maps. It takes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it, and draws a mind map out of them."

type a story in the text box, click the size photo you'd like, and watch as photos from flickr.com illustrate each word of the story

Similar Images allows you to search for images using pictures rather than words. Click the "Similar images" link under an image to find other images that look like it. Try a search of your own or click on an example below.

Sometimes you know the word you want to use, but you just can't say it when you are in a situation that is putting you under pressure. Activity to help students think of words under preasure. Uses Google images, so check for suitability.

Great post on exploiting icons consistently - one of a number of recent Edutopia posts by CranfordTeague on materials design for educators.