Wordia is an excellent Web 2.0 tool for my class. It is a visual dictionary and the beauty of it is that it ia new and still needs help with populating the videos. I plan to try to submit some of the visual media that my students create to enhance the site in general. One of the cool features of the Wordia is its sections: etymology and tweetymologies. Below is a quick example of what the application looks like and what the possibilities are for my class.
My class is going to be responsible for doing the work necessary to get the information to liscense and show their video entries. The objective is to teach the students to search a site, get specific information, follow a plan of action, and finally to create a final product.
I will be responsible for editing and reviewing the video's prior to submission as well as making sure that the video's are of great quality and ready for final presentation mode.
Another objective for the students is to make sure the videos are clear, creative, good representations of the definitions, and they must use only words from the standard dictionary or glossary from their text.
I will teach them how to obtain the rights to copy definitions, and other publishers information prior to submission along with getting the information so that other must ask for permission to use their matrials.
The actual actual site is: http://www.wordia.com/. It is very user friendly, the interface is easy and inviting and most of all it is a tool that is needed by all.
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