BP9_2009122_FlickrLesson

I get so excited whenever I come across a new technology to use with my young students. So it should come as no surprise to anyone reading this blog as to why I’m so excited about Flickr and using in it the classroom. I mean teaching, while challenging, is only as fun as the teacher makes it. One way I plan to use Flickr to make my class fun is by taking adorable pictures of my students in various settings and posting these pictures with parental consent of course and then using the pictures to create stories, which we will read together as a class. In this way, the students will be the stars or subjects of the stories. This is just one idea of the many things you can do with Flickr in the classroom. While on the hunt for more ideas of how to incorporate Flickr into my lesson plans, I came across this lesson idea post on http://www.teachersnetwork.org/NTNY/nychelp/technology/flickr.htm by Pamela Aucoin, a World History Teacher in New York City. Aucoin recommends having your students get their own Flickr and email accounts and then going through the easy setup process. Once they have set up their accounts and uploaded their pictures, you can show them how to add comments and do various things with their Flickr site. The idea is to give the students clear and concise guidelines that will connect the use of Flickr to the content area you are teaching.