Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic Tools

Visual Tools

1. Girafa is an Internet Explorer add-on that works alongside your browser, showing thumbnail images of textual search results.
2. Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus   Visually explore webs of relationships between words.
3. Kartoo - see a thematic map visually interconnected by keywords.

Image Search Sites

1. Google Images   This database took first place in the 2001 Search Engine Watch Awards for Best image search engine.  RLG DigiNews, completed a comprehensive test of image search engines with Google coming out on top. [Dec. 2001]
2. Ditto is a visual search engine.
3. ImageFinder is a specialized directory from Berkeley. This directory of ten image databases includes one for NASA and one for the Smithsonian Institution.
4. Picsearch is a search engine for pictures on the web.
5. The Amazing Picture Machine   This is a database of graphical resources for educators.

Auditory Tools

1. The Carnegie Mellon Pronouncing Dictionary   Requires a download.
2. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary allows you to listen to the pronunciations of most words. In the case of multiply accepted usages of a term (e.g., piranha) more than one pronunciation is given. Merriam-Webster wrote the book on pronunciation – literally! See "The Pronunciation Dictionary".

Kinesthetic Tools

1. Sony's EyeToy is closing in on a virtual reality experience. With this tool, the user can interact with the digital environment.