What is Flickr
Flickr is a great teaching aid that provides access to images that can be used to assist with lesson plans. You can also upload your own pictures and share them with friends or the world. It is a great way to store photos for future reference.
Example of a Flickr Image
Below is an image that was found on Flickr
This image was found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/digital_dreams/3917887182/in/pool-teachingaids
How to Use Flickr
You can access images on Flickr at http://www.flickr.comYou will need to sign up to a free account to access images. For a more detailed explanation on how to use Flickr watch the following video:-
How Can Flickr Be Used In Classrooms
Flickr can be used in a variety of ways for teaching including:
- Arranging students to take photos and uploading them onto Flickr
- Sharing Photos between students and parents
- Using images on Flickr to assist in teaching, including using them in powerpoints, blogs, wikis etc for visual aids.
- Finding images on Flickr that are relevant to the topic being taught. For example, above I have attached a Flickr image of a world map. This could be used in geography lessons.
- For posters etc.
PMI Analysis
Plus
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Minus
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Interesting
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A vast range of images are available on Flickr
to choose from
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It can provide a visually enhancing display
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It can make a lesson enjoyable and bring life
to a topic
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It encourages learners to explore with the
internet and access images that may assist them with assessment etc. For instance, if the topic were Australia
then images of Australia could be found on Flickr.
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Copyright rules mean that many of the images
in Flickr can not be used. It is
necessary to check the classification on each image
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I found it difficult uploading the images to
blogger but it was relatively easy to provide a link to the Flickr image or
do a screen capture of the image.
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It doesn’t encourage Higher Learning Thinking
but could assist in presenting lessons which contained other methods for
this.
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I had never heard of Flickr before this
course. When I first registered I was
surprised to see how many categories of images there were available.
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I was also amazed that with Flickr you can
upload your own photos and store them out on the web. This is great for personal and professional
reasons as if there was ever a fire/flood
etc and your photo albums were lost you would still have access to your
images on Flickr.
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It’s Free
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Personal Reflection
Flickr was a great site but I found that many of the images did not allow reproduction and it was time consuming sorting through the images to find an image that could be used appropriately. I did, however, think that many of the images could be useful for teaching and that they would provide students with an idea of what something looked like (ie. put a picture to the name). I think it would be very useful for students, especially in preparing projects. I believe I will use Flickr but that there are also many other images available online for free through sites such as thisHowever, the categories of Flickr make it easy to search. All and all I am glad I now know about this site and the possibilities of using it.
References:
- www.flickr.com
- You Tube
- ICT for Learning Design Course Work
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