Flickr Blog Post.
Suggestions on how to implement Flickr.com into a unit of study and your content lesson plans:
Materials Needed:
Parental Notification to introduce the use of web 2.0 applications for Yahoo and Flickr. Parents and Guardians need to be aware of learning with technology.
All students will need a Yahoo account to access flickr.com
Students need access to a digital Camera and Internet
Objectives:
- To introduce 21st Century Technologies into the learning environment.
- To use digital photographs to archive the process of learning.
- To use technology as an interdisciplinary platform that can transcend academic content areas.
Aim:
How to use web 2.0 applications to share digital images with your classmates and with peers in cyber space?
Do now: Write an paragraph that introduces your belief on how digital images can document a learner’s progress as well as connect to peers, to form a group of learners.
Mini Lesson:
Teacher shows examples of their flickr.com account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingkenny3
Discussion on Tags.
- What are tags?
- How to tag your work?
Homework:
- Share your link with parents and family members and ask for their comments on your digital photos.
- Research tags with similar interests to your uploaded images.
Post lesson discussion and continuing practice:
- Accountable Talk
o How was the experience in creating a flickr.com account?
o How user friendly is the flicker.com application?
o What response did you receive when introducing your people to your flickr link?
o How else can we use flickr to reinforce content learning within the classroom?
Nice lesson plan. Could be easily adapted to any core subject matter
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