Reading about eVoc strategies was interesting this week... it was clear through the article how important vocabulary is to improve reading and comprehension. As it mentions academic language, it reminded me how integrated academic language is into our schooling. Rarely are we taught random vocabulary words, but more often they're integrated into our unit (like the word "hypothesis" in a science unit). In the article learning new academic language is described as learning a second language, in for ELL students, a third, or even fourth language. 

     Using a wordcloud can help students address different vocab in articles and various readings. It can promote discussion among readers as well. I liked the idea of using teacher-selected sites, it almost feels like a bit of a scavenger hunt for students to use different sites for different portions of the project. Creating captions was another idea I liked, because it allows for creativity as well as knowledge about vocabulary. Of course games are always good, especially at moment where you have free time and learning games can even be seen as a reward in some classrooms. 

I've been looking online a little bit more own vobab project, but am still deciding what resource to use. Stay tuned!