Thing #11 - Photosharing with Flickr

Flickr is a wonderful site. I learned how to search for photos and videos. I recently had training over Promethean slates and had to create a flipchart. The Flickr photos are gave me some ideas. I started looking for different 3 dimensional shapes to add to my flipchart and realized I wanted to focus my search. I narrowed it by finding 3D shapes in architecture. There were still thousands to choose from. I wanted to show my students examples of shapes in real-life. As I scanned through the educational uses for Flickr, I found Darren Kuropatwa's Fascinating Flickr Assignment to be very helpful. Instead of me looking for photos to show my students examples, I could have them find their own examples and compile them on a wiki. Collaboration and technology at its best! My favorite photo is by Milton CJ called Skysphere.