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<\/a><\/p>\nWhat it is:<\/span>\u00a0 Shahi<\/a> is a mashup of Wiktionary (a Wikipedia type dictionary) and Flickr.\u00a0 This visual dictionary is a great way for students to look up definitions and get a visual representation of the word.\u00a0 Students can choose for the images to come from Flickr, Google, or Yahoo.\u00a0 I find the most reliable image results come from Flickr.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n How to integrate Shahi<\/a> into the classroom: <\/span><\/span>Shahi<\/a> is a neat mashup of two tools.\u00a0 Having a visual dictionary is great for every student but especially useful for your visual learners.\u00a0 Beyond using Shahi<\/a> as a dictionary, this is a perfect site for teaching your students the parts of speech.\u00a0 Because pictures acompany the definitions, students can “see” that a verb is an action word.\u00a0 Use Shahi<\/a> as the base for a part of speech game with the whole class and a projector.\u00a0 Choose a word from reading, spelling, etc. and have students ‘guess’ the part of speech based on the pictures.\u00a0 This is a great way for students to learn the parts of speech through inquiry and problem solving.\u00a0 Shahi <\/a>would also be a useful tool for ESL or ELL students.\u00a0 Bookmark Shahi<\/a> on your classroom computers as a resource during reading\/writing time.\u00a0 Look up a spelling word on Shahi<\/a> and have students journal about one of the accompanying pictures.\u00a0 This site could be very useful for writing prompts.\u00a0 Shahi<\/a> would also be wonderful in the science classroom, students can look up difficult words or concepts and immediately have a good visual representation to aid in understanding.\u00a0 In the geography classroom, students could search places and get a\u00a0 collection of images that will provide them with additional insight into the place.\u00a0 Cool! <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Tips:<\/span>\u00a0 I learned about this site from activeducator<\/a>\u00a0 on Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 If you haven’t yet, sign up for Twitter today, it is a great way to network and learn about education (or anything you are interested in).\u00a0 Don’t forget to add me as a friend, ktenkely<\/a>!\u00a0 A word of warning with this site: sometimes images will be inappropriate on this site because of the tags people put on their pictures in Flickr.\u00a0 For example “berry” brings pictures of fruit berries but also scantily dressed women named “Berry”.\u00a0 For elementary students, pre-search words you will be using with the class for appropriateness.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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