Flickr in the Claassroom
Flickr is great for using in the classroom anytime a visual is needed. Here is a list of ideas to get your creative juices flowing. If you need more ideas just present a few to your students, set up an account for them to use and then stand back and let them create. This can be done by using the photos already posted or they can shot their own and add to the collection.
- Single photo for vocabulary development
- Writing prompt
- Multiple shots for storytelling
- Virtual fieldtrips
- Background, projected onto a smartboard as scenery for a play
- Slideshow of student work or a report
- Several images to show a change over time
- Slide show to show steps in a process
- Motivational posters
- Collage, artwork
- Research using photos for students with limited English
- Computer class projects
- Documentation of speakers or programs
- Teaching culture, travel, geography
One of the great things about Flickr is that the site can be restricted to a class, family, friends or other group by making the site only available by invitation. This restricts the viewers to only the intended audience.
It’s a great way for everyone to show creativity and to feel creative and in control of the final product.
In other words, it can compliment just about anything!
ReplyDeleteLike your blue footprints, though they might be a little big for a header? Just a thought.