Image by Tom Raftery via FlickrAll right, here is another gadget for you to try out. The thing is, I've downloaded Zemanta, a tool that suggests images and links based on what you are writing about, and then you can add them directly to your blog posts. It updates itself in every 300 characters you write. It works with Firefox and Blogger, Typepad and Wordpress. The picture and links included here were suggested by Zemanta. It also suggests tags for your posts. The suggestions are taken from main sites like Flickr, Wikipedia, other search engines and blog posts by other Zemanta users. All the images suggested are free to use, so you won't break any laws using them. Unfortunately Zemanta works best in English, which makes it less useful for blog posts in Norwegian. Anyway, I guess I am still able to make up my blogposts without this, too, but as you might know, I'm always on the lookout for new toys.
Have you ever wanted a more visual approach when you're looking for the meaning of a word? Well, here it is! Visuwords is an online visual, graphic dictionary that lets you look up words and find how they are associated with other words. It produces diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. The different colours represents verbs, nouns, adjectives etc. and you only have to add a word to get started. Give it a try - you might find this a useful tool. Visuwords has also been seen at Diginalet.
This blog is created by some English teachers at Sandvika videregående skole in Bærum, Norway, a group of creative and dedicated teachers trying out new ways of getting in touch with pupils and other teachers.
Image by Tom Raftery via FlickrAll right, here is another gadget for you to try out. The thing is, I've downloaded Zemanta, a tool that suggests images and links based on what you are writing about, and then you can add them directly to your blog posts. It updates itself in every 300 characters you write. It works with Firefox and Blogger, Typepad and Wordpress. The picture and links included here were suggested by Zemanta. It also suggests tags for your posts. The suggestions are taken from main sites like Flickr, Wikipedia, other search engines and blog posts by other Zemanta users. All the images suggested are free to use, so you won't break any laws using them. Unfortunately Zemanta works best in English, which makes it less useful for blog posts in Norwegian. Anyway, I guess I am still able to make up my blogposts without this, too, but as you might know, I'm always on the lookout for new toys.
