Think of ways you may be able to use Flickr in the classroom or in your work and share your ideas. What issues might you face?
There is a group called Tell a story in 5 frames (visual storytelling) with over 9,000 members. It is rich for ideas. This form of visual story telling would be a great assignment.
I'm pretty sure our school's filter won't allow access to Flickr at school. We would have to use the district's version of picture sharing, which can't come close to the vast network and collaboration that is available on Flickr.
Another issue might be that some parents don't allow their student's image to be used, so we would have to make sure if images are posted, permission has been granted for all students involved.
As other have said, copyright is an issue. The issue of copyright and plagiarism is always an important lesson to teach to our students. They won't think about it unless they are instructed in the reasons why it is important to consider how we can or cannot use other people's words, and images. There isn't enough emphasis on giving credit where credit is due, and citing one's sources.
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Tell a story in 5 frames sounds awesome--did you find it on Flickr? Do you know for certain that Flickr is filtered? I'm sure it is because of the chance for inappropriate pictures. Please let me know about 5 frames.
ReplyDeleteI agree with mml. What is Tell a story in 5 frames? I'd like to know more about this. It sounds like it would be good for elementary students.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that as a teacher you should have access to Flickr at your school and you could creatively find ways for students to use them if they don't have access (like put the photos you like on a jumpdrive and load them into the students files).
Here is the link to the Tell a story in 5 frames group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/
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