A picture tells a thousand words:

A picture tells a thousand words:

CC FlickR image by jackdot101

using FlickR for image sharing and social networking

Plan• How FlickR works

• Creative Commons

• FlickR as an image resource

• FlickR for storing and sharing images

• FlickR in education

It is said that picture tells a thousand words

image: KK+

Instruct or demonstrate

image: visualpanic

Connect and inspire

image: Giara

Narrate and celebrate

image: KK+

We can create our own

• don’t reinvent the wheel!

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www.flickr.com

FlickR offers over 160 million images with a Creative Commons license

Filter for Creative

Commons images

image: screengrab from creativecommons.org

Search for a term and then click the advanced search option

Scroll to the bottom and

tick the Creative

CommonsContent option.

Then search again

http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net

License

Tags

Organisation and sharing

Date

Photographer

CC FlickR image by Vern Hart

How to acknowledge the work of others

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernhart/910778661/

CC FlickR image by Vern Hart

So how can we use FlickR images in our programs?

Create your own• Photos

• Screen grabs

• Scanned pages

• Flowcharts

• Drawings

• Paintings

• Short videos

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• Marketing and promotion

• Illustrate concepts and details

• Document events & celebrate achievements

• Capture student progress - eportfolios

• Inspire reflection and discussion

• Illustrate processes and procedures

• Digital stories

• Create visual portfolios or galleries

• Capture attention

CC FlickR image by Runs with Scissors

At a course level…

groups

exhibitions

themed collections

slideshows

embeds

FlickR Groups

student

Personally managed

e-portfolios of work

Course

group

Assessment items

Galleries of examples

Embeddable Slideshows

Dynamic feeds

Course resources

student

student

student

student Project outcomes

Discussionforums

Guides• Getting started in FlickR - http://robynjay.wikispaces.com/FlickR

• A guide to using FlickR in education – http://robynjay.wikispaces.com/flickreducation

• FlickR 3rd party tools - http://robynjay.wikispaces.com/FlickR_tools

• FlickR slideshow creation tools – http://robynjay.wikispaces.com/flickrslideshows

• Online image editors - http://robynjay.wikispaces.com/image_editors