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Graphic Organizers. Learning. BBC Bitesize - Home. Canvas Network. 15 Free Learning Tools You've Probably Never Heard Of. Vega: A Visualization Grammar. Free Infographic Maker. Synonyms Dictionary at SnappyWords.com. It’s an online interactive English dictionary and thesaurus that helps you find the meanings of words and draw connections to associated words.

Synonyms Dictionary at SnappyWords.com

You can easily see the meaning of each by simply placing the mouse cursor over it. Why use Snappy Words visual dictionary? Easy to use dictionary and thesaurus. Learn how words associate in a visually interactive display. Get ideas to help write content for your blog, article, thesis or simply play with words! How do I use it? Type words in the search box and click Go or simply hit Enter. Place the mouse cursor over a word to view the meaning. What dictionary does Snappy Words use? The Snappy Words interface queries the WordNet lexical database developed by Princeton University and made available for students and language researchers. Useful Sites Another fun, free and interactive education application is the Madison Falls High School course which covers core high school subjects. Google Slides – Using links to create quizzes, stories & games.

Here we’ll look at the power of links and how something so simple can allow you to make your slides more interactive.

Google Slides – Using links to create quizzes, stories & games

We’ll cover: Inserting a link to a webpage From a text boxFrom an imageInserting links to different slides to create: QuizAdventure comic storyBusiness decision game Inserting a text link to a webpage The first thing to know, is that you can’t just insert a link by itself. The way you do it in Slides is to connect a link to an object. Let’s start by adding a link to a text box. The toolbar will change and you’ll see a link icon. This opens the link box. And paste in your link (with Ctrl V). Now you’ve added a link to the text box. That opens the link in a new tab. If you have your slides in present mode, when you hover the cursor over the text box, it will change to a little hand, to show you that it’s a link that can be clicked on.

Adding a link to an image Sometimes we don’t want the link to be words, but we want to add the link to an image. 8 Free Mind Map Tools & How to Best Use Them. Advertisement Here’s the good news.

8 Free Mind Map Tools & How to Best Use Them

Finally, we can be like Leonardo da Vinci’s in one small way. No, we are not getting his polymathic superpowers. His penchant for taking free-flowing notes that filled notebooks with diagrams and scribblings is more achievable. Maybe, he knew that the human brain likes visuals more than words. Today, we call these brain-cell like intertwinings mind maps.

It is the most popular brainstorming technique of all. For a student, a mind map is a memory aid to review notes. You can apply a mind map to any office scenario. Forecast revenue.Prepare for a hiring interview.Chart product development and marketing.Fine tune a RFP (Request for Proposal).Organize a trade show.Plan an office party. MindMeister.