What are the best online dictionaries?
Merriam-Webster online at www.m-w.com is a good place to start as each word also features an audio definition. In addition, the site carries a Real Time Words feature, where you can see the words people are typing in at that moment from around the world. Another useful site with thesaurus and word puzzles is www.dictionary.com. For a more graphic approach try the visual thesaurus and see synonyms bobbing like balloons on string around the source words that you enter (www.visualthesaurus.com). How can I make my own podcasts? Podcasting is really no more than putting a sound file on the web for people to listen to and download. Just publishing sound files on your website is podcasting in one sense as long as people browsing to your page have suitable software to play them. To podcast, use the free audacity software (http://audacity.sourceforge.net) to make your sound file and save it as an MP3. Then publish it on your website, just as you would a picture, and you are a podcaster. If you
