I would rather make something than write or read something anyday. However, I do like learning. It just so happens that reading and writing is a major part of learning. One thing I did learn way back in school, was that I need to use simple tools to assist understanding, tools like a dictionary and thesaurus. My best friends through Teachers college were Vol 1 and Vol 2 of the World Book Encyclopedia Dictionaries...still have them and still use them, although I have regularly used
http://dictionary.reference.com/ and
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ when on the computer doing work, as it is more convenient then the two volumes.
Through this course, I discovered a new resource to use, an online dictionary,
Visuwords. It is more useful as it it graphical (suits me just fine) and it has a legend with colourful additions such as nouns, adjectives, alternatives and word associations about whichever word is entered. I am sure that this online dictionary would suit the learning styles of my students as well.
