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Thursday Apr 30, 2009

Visual Dictionary

I really love this visual dictionary (shahi) for finding pictures - it's extensive, beautiful and overall pretty accurate.  Working with kids with learning difficulties illustrating concepts with visual aides is really important.

So I asked the department to unblock the site (portal/applications/internetfilteringwebcheck) for students.  I knew it was a long shot and sure enough they didn't unblock it for students but they did give me some alternatives.

You may find the following sites useful as an alternative:

I found the Merriam Webster dictionary the most useful.  Remember you can still use the shahi but only as a demonstration tool - perhaps on an interactive whiteboard.

Tags: tool macict visual literacy dictionary digital literacy
Posted at 08:07AM Apr 30, 2009 by Concetta Gotlieb  |  Comments[2]

Comments:

Hello Concetta I really like this shahi it is new to me but what a great idea a visual dictionary. I use the print ones of these with Kinder for first sounds. It would be great to have a resource like this to use with Early Stage One. I experimented with some Year 5 concepts I explored last term Carbon, water, carbon cycle and photosynthesis. I will play some more.

Posted by Margot on May 04, 2009 at 08:04 AM CST #

Thanks for this info, I love visu words but didn''t know about shahi! Thanks for the advice re it being only approved for teachers...

Posted by Lizzie Chase on June 19, 2009 at 09:19 PM CST #

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