Vocabulary.com for iPad and iPhone hit the #1 spot in the educational app category a day after launch, and reviewers agree. Move over, Candy Crush. Vocabulary.com is a crazy fun addiction you can feel good about.Continue reading...
Since launching Vocabulary.com, we've been thrilled to see how the online word-learning system has grown by leaps and bounds, attracting millions of users (including over half a million registered users and students in more than 11,000 schools nationwide). As the premiere site for vocabulary learning, Vocabulary.com has received recognition from the likes of USA Today, the New York Times, and Time. And today we're excited to announce the next step in the evolution of Vocabulary.com: an app that brings the adaptive learning system and the powerful dictionary that supports it to the palm of your hands.Continue reading...
What's the quickest way to get your school to show up on our daily and monthly leaderboards? Eliminate invisible play by checking that all your students have registered their accounts with your school.Continue reading...
Last week we rolled out some changes that affected how Vocabulary.com users can learn words from Vocabulary Lists. We've listened to devoted Vocabularians and have brought back the ability to practice a vocabulary list. You will also have the option of adding those words to your comprehensive Vocabulary.com learning program.Continue reading...
We're excited to announce some changes to how words are learned on Vocabulary.com. With these changes, learning Vocabulary Lists is now fully integrated into your overall progress toward mastering words. The result is a more seamless and efficient learning experience, no matter where you learn words on Vocabulary.com.Continue reading...
In competition that's getting hotter with every passing month, Corkscrew Middle School demolished the monthly record on the Vocabulary.com school leaderboard, earning more than 50 million points for their second leaderboard win. The Fort Myers, FL News-Press reported on the story, and teachers say they can see improvements in students reading, writing, and excitement about learning.Continue reading...
It's always exciting to see new projects teachers design to bring vocab learning to life. Last year we put together a roundup of four great projects we'd come across. Here are four more ideas we've come across recently.Continue reading...
There's an assumption held by many that we're supposed to stop reading when we encounter words we don't know and look them up in the dictionary. Maybe our English teachers told us to do this. Maybe we read it in a self-help book. Maybe, in a fit of conscientious intention, we set it as a personal goal. But it's an awfully hard practice to keep up. Chances are we skip over them, riding the context wave as far as it will carry us. What if it turns out that this is actually the best way to go?Continue reading...