Vocab Builder and World Changer: FreeRice.com
by dreamshark- Published:January 28th, 2008
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A simple, fun, on-line vocabulary building game that helps out people in need? Perfect. If you have not already heard about www.freerice.com, you should check it out. The simplistic but challenging game is addictive, and the time flies once you start playing. You are presented with a word and 4 possible definitions. For each word you correctly define, 20 grains of rice are donated to people in need. If you get a word right, you get a harder word and if you miss a word the next one will be a little easier, so the game play stays interesting. How can me playing a game generate money, you ask? With each new word, or round of the game, a different banner ad is displayed at the bottom of the screen, and it is through these ads that the money is generated to buy the rice. The site has been up since October 2007, and they recently posted a video of rice being delivered to refugees from Myanmar who are sheltering in Bangladesh. Pretty inspiring stuff.
