3 Simple Tools to Support the CCSS Academic Vocab Shift

I recently came across this blog post (3 Simple Tools to Support the CCSS Academic Vocabulary Shift) that shared 3 technology tools (websites) to assist with the the Common Core Shift to vocabulary. 

This post will explain more, but here is an overview of the tools. 

• VocabGrabber - VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.
  Select any word on the list and you'll see a snapshot of the Visual Thesaurus map and definitions for that word, along with examples of the word in your text.
  
• WordSift - Place text into a box and then press sift to create a word cloud in which the most frequently used words appear larger in size. The words can be sorted by subject area or by a word list. (Similar to Wordle)
  
• Instagrok - A visual search engine and interactive learning tool collects educational content and displays it in the form of a web of related words.

Please let me know if you have any questions and/or would like to explore the use of these as a classroom tool and/or with students.