Photo-Sharing

I have often looked through Flickr to find pictures for class or to look at friends’ pictures, but I never thought to create my own account. I uploaded several pictures of the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower from my trip to Paris in March 2009. I also uploaded a photo collage to my blog that I created in Picasa using pictures taken during the same trip. In order to upload pictures directly from Picasa to Flickr I had to download a special app that allowed me to accomplish that task. I can definitely see myself using Flickr in the classroom. For example, I could upload images from the Renaissance and have my World History students comment on the features of the painting or sculpture. They could interpret the meaning of the artwork and even add notes as they see fit. Students could also set up their own accounts, create Renaissance artwork sets, and comment on their own pictures. Uploading political cartoons can accomplish the same goal. By promoting visual literacy, this activity will meet the Creativity and Innovation standard as well as the Communication and Collaboration standard from NETS-S.