Thing #11 Photosharing and Tagging with Flikr

As I was browsing in Flikr I enjoyed all of the images and searching on various topics.  The photos are beautiful, different, unique, vivid, and creative.  Since I am in Instructional Specialist for Math and Science I began to discover images I could use to teach Science concepts.  I found several interesting photos to teach the body systems in 7th grade Science.  The most unique one was the image of the skeletal system.
This photo is of dye in a embryo to illustrate its skeleton.  Photo was taken by Mike Jagendorf.

As I read through the assignment and looked at Flikr I realized that some of the photos I chose were not coded with the Creative Commons logo.  I had to go back and find selections that allowed me to use them.  I'm more aware of what I use now due to the cc education.  Flikr is a much better site for photos than Google Images.  I was surprised at the creativity and the millions of categories.

I can work with the teachers on my campus to use Flikr to illustrate vocabulary, allow the students to get creative in their assignments using Flikr properly by creating Wiki's   so that everyone can share ideas and learn from one another.  The use of this technology will motivate the kids to do more with the content areas.  

As I looked at David Jakes, Classroom Uses of Flikr I went crazy.  This site is full of ways teachers can use the Flikr site to teach content concepts.  Check it out.  His blog has links within it that are very interesting.  I am going back to search more after I finish this post.  Check out Flikr Lesson Plans.  I sent this link to my History and English teachers.  There were a couple of links on Storyboarding.   

My mind is racing and I can't wait to take this back to my teachers and see what they create for our students to learn from.  WOW!!