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?
For many visual learners, seeing an object or place is very helpful. Just spending a few minutes looking up different tags, I realized I could spend hours looking at pictures that have been posted.
I think there are endless ways of using Flickr such as an elementary class doing a photobook on the seasons (some very beautiful pictures) to free pictures students could use for their Powerpoint presentations. In math class, the obvious is pictures of symmetry and different geometric shapes. In the past, I've used photos as a writing prompt like the one I've posted above. I think the photos would be great for a foreign language or world studies class. You can see images of many places around the world and get a feel for their culture through photos of food, entertainment, architecture, etc.
There is always the fear of having photos of inappropriate things that kids may find in their search. Good or bad, many times kids let us know and just move on...worrying they'll get in trouble more than the content of the picture. The picture below was on the home page when I logged in. Like many things, the good outway the bad.
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