Wordnik supplied a variety of definitions together with a list of blog
posts relating to tree. Below the definitions the website provided Etymologies
which indicates the origin of the selected word. The lists of
blogs have been taken from major news articles in America
such as Wall street journal and USA today. These provide reliable and useful
examples and are ranked in usefulness to the reader. Overall
I believe that this web 2 applications can be used in an educational context as
it provides more useful information than a thesaurus or dictionary.You can use the related blog list to help research in relation to a particular
word that has been searched. Additionally, along the top of the right hand side
every word search provides a list like this:
If the user clicks on relate, an endless list of synonyms to
hyponyms, rhyming words etc. can be provided. I believe that this aspect helps in an educational context as synonyms and hyponyms can expand the
users vocabulary range and support a more advanced progression in education.
Overall the website was easy to navigate and use. By clicking on
‘About Wordnik’ at the bottom of the page the user can understand the use
of synonyms, hyponyms and further information provided in order to ensure the
context of the word is used correctly.