Flickr

=Lesson 4: Part 1= =Audio Visual Wizardry:= media type="custom" key="4101003"



A computer with internet access. That's it!
 * Equipment Needed for this assignment:**

"**Flickr is an [|image] and [|video hosting] [|website], [|web services] suite, and [|online community] platform. It was one of the earliest [|Web 2.0] applications. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by [|bloggers] as a photo repository. Its popularity has been fuelled by its organization tools, which allow photos to be tagged and browsed by folksonomic means." - Wikipedia
 * Step 1: What is a Flickr?

Click on the picture below to find out...
 * Step 2: What can you do with Flickr?**

Take some time to explore the following examples:
 * Step 3: Flickr Tour**
 * [|Sandburg Meets Flickr]
 * [|Jane Goodall's Camp]
 * [|Tell A Story In Five Frames]
 * [|The Travels With Flat Bobby]
 * [|WWI Eastern Front Foto- Nachlass eines Soldaten]
 * [|Classroom Uses of Flickr]
 * [|FlickrEDU: Using Flickr Images in the Classroom]
 * [|Dr. Joolz: Snapshot On Life]

Some possible applications for using //Flickr// in online and traditional classrooms include:
 * Step 4: Flickr in the Curriculum** (from [|techLEARNING])
 * During an online synchronous class, the instructor uses the Photostream feature as an alternative to a PowerPoint presentation. After the class, the Photoset is available for asynchronous viewing at the student’s leisure.
 * A student in a historic preservation takes a walking tour of a historic district and takes photographs of various architectural elements. These photos are organized into a Photoset and then viewed in a //Flickr// generated slideshow during an oral report to his class. He later uses them as a reference resource for his coursework.
 * A botany graduate student on a field research expedition takes photographs of different types of plant life found in the jungles of Costa Rica, and then includes these as photo illustrations in her written report and/or research web log. As a graduate teaching assistant, she holds an online help session in //FlickrLive// (IM) and uses her photosets as reference material for her students.
 * An American Studies professor travels to Walden Pond during the summer and uploads his pictures to //Flickr//. The photographs provide his students with visual context and imagery for the places discussed by Thoreau. This example could work equally as well in the history, science, or foreign language classroom, and allows the student to make asynchronous connections to the content being taught in the classroom.
 * After a field trip to a living history museum, student groups write a summary of their trip in a blog and use //Flickr// to illustrate their report. They are able to augment their own photos with relevant images found by searching tags in the global //Flickr// community archives. As they work on the project they are simultaneously developing writing, technology, photography, as most importantly collaborative learning skills.
 * A foreign language teacher posts pictures from her travels in France, and provides descriptions of the local color, landscape, and architecture. Students are also able to practice their burgeoning language skills by leaving comments and notes on photographs in French, thereby putting their use of language in a situated context. Students form a private group in Flickr, search the global archives for photos tagged “//France//”, “//Eiffel Tower//”, or “//Paris//” and then discuss (in French) interesting or relevant photographs in //FlickrLive//.
 * An online instructor scans diagrams, charts, or other materials and then posts them using //Flickr// directly into the course blog or newsgroup. By sharing the URL of a specific picture it can be used as an e-handout during a synchronous course lecture.

1. Access [|Flickr]. 2. Click on "create your account." 3. Sign up for a Yahoo account if you do not have one currently. 4. Choose a screen name. 5. Click on "upload you first photo." 6. Click on "choose photo" 7. Choose private or public for viewing by others. 8. Add a tags, title, and description to help others find and understand the background of the photo. 9. Create an initial set to organize photos under "add a set." 10. Click on "go to your photostream page." 11. To add a note to an image click on the selected picture and note the toolbar above. 12. Click on add note and resize or move as needed. 13. The added notes can be deleted or changed later. 14. Click on "edit photo" and the program Picnik will open allowing you to easily edit the image. 15. Notice that the page on which others will view your photos contains numbers and letters that will be hard to remember. Change the address to something easier to remember when you [|set up a "friendly" photostream URL].
 * Step 5: Follow the steps below to create your own Flickr account.**

[|JakesOnline.org] A superb resource for additional links to classroom ideas, tagging, et cetera
 * Step 6: Flickr Resources:**

[|How To: Flickr Intro]

[|Tips for Flickr Beginners]

[|Flickr Advanced User Guide]

[|Flickr Tutorial Series]

[|Flickr Discussion Group]