A picture is worth a thousand words! Flickr is a great tool to store your photos and view the beautiful pictures others have taken from around the world.
Like many other web technologies, Flickr has also made a name for itself inside the classroom. It is a great way to shake up a standard assessment task and is easily compatible with many other applications.
I love the idea of students using pictures to create a new product. Students can create a comic strip like Bubblr to practice oral and written vocabulary and grammar structures. Now, kids can create "virtual books" using their own photos or those they find on Flickr. They can create magazine covers, ads, posters, etc. using the tool they could never live without...their computer! It seems as though several projects that are standard each year can now be given a new life using these new applications. There's no need to reinvent the wheel. It's the same assessment task, just modernized, and it doesn't require a lot of extra planning or effort on my part!
Jackie,
ReplyDeleteAs teachers we all love time-savers!
Dr. Burgos