Research Flickr Lesson Plans

I researched several sites that had posts, actual lesson plan formats utilizing Flickr. The consensus has been that if a classroom teacher is going to use Flickr as a Web 2.0 tool in the classroom, the teacher would be better served if he/she creates a class account. In this way, the teacher and students can access student work. Having a class account gives the teacher an option of keeping the account private.

Students can do searches on most any search engine to locate pictures for free that they would like to include in their collage, or add their own pictures, drawings for whatever project they are creating.

Students can also locate images on Flickr. You will notice that once on the Flickr site, you are invited to make comments, edit the images by adding text to the image and use notes or descriptions. This contributes to their literacy capabilities.

You can also set up an e-mail account through Flickr. For instance if your students have photos at home they would like to share. Students can scan the photos at home and send them via email to their Flickr account.

Sharing is what Web 2.0 tools are about. The tools make learning fun and sharing easier.

A lesson plan that I read about during my research is using Flickr with a creative writing class. It is one that I am going to use next week. We are currently working on descriptive writing. The lesson basically is that the teacher will locate an image on Flickr and display the image. Students will be asked to study the image. Then the students will tell what is happening in the photo, what has caused the situation, how do you imagine the people feel. Next, another image will be displayed, and students will be asked to compare and contrast the images. This lesson will cover not only descriptive writing but also comparing and contrasting in reading.