Some online educational portals try to convince teachers and students to subscribe because they offer "for free" commercial resources like online dictionaries and encyclopedias. For free - meaning that the state has spent enormous sums to pay licenses. I can't help but finding this strategy quite odd as there are lots of useful yet really free resources on the net that most
Internet literate students know about and use on a daily basis during homework.
Here are some of my favourite online
dictionaries which I use:
http://dict.leo.orghttp://www.dict.cc/http://www.lexilogos.com/http://www.thefreedictionary.com
NetLingo.com - The Internet Dictionary with thousands of terms about the online world of business, technology, and communication, including acronyms, text messaging shorthand, smileys, and more :-)