Thing Seven

Think of ways you may be able to use Flickr in the classroom or in your work and share your ideas. What issues might you face?

I could use Flickr to collect pictures and images that relate to the learning themes that we are doing in our classroom.  For instance, we are currently working on an author study of Dr. Seuss.  Each day we have read a book by Dr. Seuss.  Today I was able to save free Dr. Seuss clip art in my computer’s picture file and then upload it to Flickr.  Using these pictures I created a set called “Dr. Seuss” and then tagged each one with more specific detail.  These images could be used as a review, recall, and retell activity as we work through our author study.  It could also be played as a looping slideshow that students could view during free choice time.  I repeated this process with St. Patrick’s day clip art in order to show my students a shamrock and a leprechaun.  I also could use Flickr to organize and save the pictures I take of my students.  My photos would be in a safe place, be easily accessed, and could be placed in a private status and only be viewed by parents who have Flickr accounts.  There are two issues that I have encountered while using Flickr:  1. I ran into the limit for monthly Flickr downloads.  2.  It can be problematic to find images that can be freely used and shared.