New IdeasAn easy and exciting way for teachers and students to experiment with creating, publishing, and using digital images and video, Flickr.com is a free, easy-to-use website that helps manage and share content.

Upload is easy. Use your digital camera, the web, home computer, or mobile device to share your content on Flickr through RSS feeds, email, posting to outside blogs, and more. Or you can securely and privately share images with parents, colleagues, students, and others in the school community. Comments, notes and tags can be added to images and videos, which helps to make it searchable.

Share & DiscoverShare your work with…• Classmates, students, parents• Colleagues, and local community• Global audience• Invite discussion• Give descriptions • Offer observations• Start a community about specific topics• Use RSS feed to collect specific images

Additional InfoThe educational potential of Flickr is huge. As with most content on the web, there’s no guarantee for appropriateness on Flickr, but you do have the option of creating private groups for you and your students to share work.

Flickr is free as long as you publish less than 100 MB of images and less than two 500 MB videos a month. More space is available if needed for a cheap yearly fee. You need to register with Flickr to publish or take part in discussions, and all you need is a valid e-mail address.

References• Amalfi coast, cat face, ferris wheel, luna park. [Photos]. (2010). Cuba Gallery. • Flickr.com• Kids on step. [Photo]. (2010, November 19). Margolis, M. Flickr. • Moth caterpillar. [Photo]. (2009, July 14). Jonaitis, L. Flickr. • Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin.

Endless PossibilitiesFlickr is an excellent tool that familiarizes students with not only digital images and publishing, but also social discussions and shared learning opportunities that the Internet offers. Imagination and understanding of these tools will lead to endless possibilities to teach creatively.

Classroom Use• Presentations• Slide shows• Visual field trips• Motivational posters• Digital storytelling• Illustrate poetry• Annotate photos by adding notes• Start online discussions• Use RSS feed to track student writing• Use tags when searching for topic

Also use Flickr with Google Maps and Google Earth to give students a global sense of the world in images. Use Flickr to open up to the places they were taken on Google Earth, and see other Flickr images and videos that were taken in that part of the world.

Fun Learning with FlickrPresented by Marisa Handren, Seton Hall University