Flickr.com
I am fairly new to the flickr.com web 2.0 application, I have become familiar with flicker.com for 2 months. I think it is a resourceful application that is easy to use and accessible for all learners to upload their digital pictures of their class projects and to document their learning process. By using flickr.com learners are able to further develop media literacy, both visually and written, to communicate with classmates and instructors.
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 their students learning with technology. One can add the links to videos explaining flickr.com as suggested by our instructor, Rena Hanaway:
Flickr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLo4355l6QE
http://theroxor.com/2009/06/09/a-simple-guide-to-flickr/
http://www.flickr.com/help/screencasts/vol1
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 and social media 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 one’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?
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