Using Flickr

This is a picture of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. We were there in April of this year and had a marvelous time.

I found the basic things that you were able to do in Flickr easy enough. It was when I go to add a note that it was quite hard. There was not a drop down link for "Add Note". Finally I went to the help forum and received help right away. There seems to be someone out there that is willing to help someone in need all the time, which is great. Adding photos is very easy as long as I have mine scaled to web size. All of my photos in iphoto are quite big. 

In my iMovie class we discuss and look at information about the types of photos shots that they can take. Such as: long shot, medium shot, close-ups, the value of threes, etc. Flickr would be great for this lesson.  After discussing the different shots and look at some examples, I can have the students, for homework, take pictures of the different shots and upload them to their Flickr account. (We would of already made an account at school) Then, with my RSS I can check out each students interpretation of the shots to make sure they understand each one.  If someone does not have a camera at home, they can either sign one out from me or stay after school, take pictures and then upload them to the computer.

The students would be using the Technology Operations and Concepts under the NETS. They would be learning how to use a camera correctly, using the application with their pictures effectively and understanding the new knowledge of the types of shots in photography.