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Wiki page for the Flickr Group!

What is it (the tool)? []

What type of tool is it? Jessica- A picture sharing tool Megan- A picture sharing, storage, and organizational tool.

What is its purpose? Jessica- Tool to share and search for photographs.You can also: Megan- share your photos with the others and gain feedback. You can also geo-tag your photos. On your Flickr page, it will put a dot on a map for WHERE you took the photo. This can be made private. However, it can also be used to find different photos from around the world.
 * Tell a story with your photos and allow whoever you want to **comment**.
 * Add **notes** to explain or comment right on the photo.
 * **Favorite** the photos you like best to easily find them later, and see who has favorited yours.
 * **Add people to your photos** for your reference, and so they can see what you've posted.
 * Add **tags** to categorize your photos and to help others find them in searches

Describe how it can be used as a collaborative tool? Jessica- Photo hunt at actual field trip (i.e. animals at zoo) and upload and share. Here's an example of an open hunt that was posted on Flicker: []

How can it be used in educationally? Jessica- Search for photo archives from state and country libraries. Virtual Field Trips.Current events- see up to the moment photoes of current events. Megan- Use it for class critiques. Students can upload their photos (or artwork saved as JPG) to an album and an account made by the teacher. Students can post comments and suggestions actually ON the photo/artwork using notes which are like hotspots. media type="youtube" key="DaqZYWfEnQc" height="349" width="425" Megan- Students can search for pictures in the Commons or using the Getty Collection to use in their class projects. Use it to teach students about plagiarism, intellectual property and usage rights. []

How can it be used as part of a Web-based learning experience? (This tool might be how you publish, present, or organize your learning experience. It could also be part of the learning experience. There are MANY different options!) Jessica- Turn-style story telling activity like this one with a pair of boots. But kids could take a pic of something around the school and then small groups could write turn-style stories about the objects. [] Megan- develop creative writing skills using 5 Card Flickr. Students choose 5 photos, one at a time, from a randomized group of photos. Then they have to write a story that connects all 5 photos. They can then share it online. [] When teaching Geography or History, a student can click on a map of all the photos that were geo-tagged to see what pictures people are taking in any given place. [] []

Share one good example. See above example of a story in [|Flicktion] An example of Five Card Flickr []

Comments: Jen--I really like the idea of using Flickr to critique student artwork. It seems like a very collaborative and effective tool for such a task. Also, you mention that it can be used "to teach students about plagiarism, intellectual property and usage rights." What would this look like using Flickr? Megan- Jen, I added a link to the page about permissions to use photos. Students don't always understand that they can't just copy and paste any image that they find on the internet, so I thought this was a good explanation about what all of usage rights mean. ***We will be exploring this further during the week 5 content!! (Dr. Fritz) [] []

Great information on how to use Flickr educationally. Just a few weeks ago I heard about Flickr and used it personally. But, it was great to see how it is being used in the classroom. I also like the geo-tagging option. That lends itself to many other lesson about geography and culture, etc. Leslie Karen - Thanks for the good information. I had heard of Flickr before, but I have never used it myself. I don't know that I will be able to use it in my classes, but the capabilities for personal use are awesome. I have always been annoyed at the thousands of pictures sitting on my computer or in my phone, and not having a place to put them so I can actually share them with family and friends. Flickr seems like the natural answer to this problem, with the bonus of having people comment on the photos. I will definitely look into using this soon! Again, really neat stuff. This question is more for Megan - can OJR students access Flickr from school? Google images is blocked and I wonder if they could use the Commons. Also, when people upload their own images, do they get added to the Commons? Megan- Yes Mary, the kids can access Flickr from OJR. They can definitely use the Commons. When you upload your own photos, you set the privacy controls and the Rights (if you give it something other than the default "All Rights Reserved," it will be added to the Commons.) I haven't had the kids try to upload any of their own content yet though. I was thinking of making a group account- something like "OJR_VC1" for my Visual Communications classes and see if the kids can all upload to that... You need to have a yahoo, gmail, or facebook accounts, which most of the kids probably have, but they can't access those from school.