Review for:Lingro

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posted: on February 13, 2008 at 11:09AM

My rating of this resource: *****

My experience using this resource:
Any

Topic I was teaching:
Any new topic where students use web sites to do research

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
For students use when they are looking up material and need to read new websites that may have words that are new for them or above their knowledge at the current time.

Course Level:
A.P., Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular, Remedial

How I/my students used the resource:
As students do research on a website or when they are assigned a website to read they can enter this website in lingro and than know that any word they do not know will be defined for them. It allows for all students to read a given website/

Value Added:
Provides additional content, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
Allows all students at any level to have access to material and for the teacher to know that the student can use this resource as needed to get through a reading that has been assigned

Weaknesses:
None

updated: on February 13, 2008 at 11:11AM

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