Thing 6 - Flickr Fun

Flickr is a great site to see other people's pictures, but you or your students may want to upload your own. With a free Flickr account you can upload 100MB of photos each month. Imagine a collection of photos for Civil War study, a frog dissection, or a geometry project.

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To complete Thing 6 you must:
A. Sign up for your own Flickr account
B. Upload photos
C. Reflect on Thing 6 on your blog.
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A. Create Your Flickr Account
Watch the following video to learn how to create your account. Then go back to Flickr and do it!


B. Upload

Now it's your turn to upload some photos to Flickr. Here's another video to show you how



You may want to add the tag Newington23 to at least one of your uploaded photos and mark it public. When you search the tag Newington23, you will see photos that all the 23 Things participants have uploaded. Note: We have learned that you must upload at least five photos before a search for your tags will work.

Here's another good resource for you - Newbie's Guide to Flickr

If you're up for a challenge-
Flickr has encouraged others to build online applications that use images found on the site. As a result, many people have created third-party tools called mashups. These tools help you find, organize, and use photos in various ways. You can locate photos based on color, create mosaics of photos, use photos in games, and much more.

There are also online image generators that use photos from your computer, from Flickr or from other sources. Most of us don’t have the time or artistic talent to create specialized graphics or logos for projects, but online image generators let you and your students create many types of images – framed pictures, posters, comic-style captions, and much more. Try out some of these "toys". These tools are fun and it's easy to spend a lot of time! In fact, it could become your newest hobby! You will need the latest version of Flash Player enabled for some of these.

Flickr Tools:

Flickr Color Pickr - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.

Flickr montager - Enter a tag and this site will create a mosaic comprised of images.

Flickr Memry – Traditional memory game created with Flickr images.

Image Generators:

Using the links below explore several image or text generators and play with them. Some require you to simply enter some text; others use images. Each works a little differently, so get in there, read the instructions, and create.

Big Huge Labs - Here you might want to try the motivational poster, badge maker, magazine cover, movie poster, Jigsaw, or trading cards.

ImageGenerator.org - This site represents one-stop shopping for image generators. You may find it more challenging to use than Big Huge Labs, but it definitely has possibilities.

C. Reflect - Blog Prompts for Thing 6
Think of ways you may be able to use Flickr in the classroom or in your work and share your ideas. What issues might you face?