This is a copy of the presentation presented for Adult learning Australia focused on Broadband for Senior Tutors in Kiosks across Australia

1. A picture tells a thousand words:
using FlickR for image sharing and social networking
CC FlickR image by jackdot101

2. Today’s Focus on Flickr
• What is FlickR?
• FlickR’s key features
• How to Join and Upload images
• What is Tagging & why is it useful
• What Vivian loves about Flickr
• Sourcing Images – can you use any image on the
internet? Vivian Evans would like
• Creative Commons to acknowledge that this
presentation is adapted
• Exploring the Potential for Seniors from a PowerPoint
created by Robyn Jay
Please note this presentation &
related resources are available on
http://bfsv.wikispaces.com/flickr

3. http://www.flickr.com/

4. http://www.flickr.com/

5. Do you have to sign up to Flickr?
NO! You can explore and see all the
public images on Flickr without joining.
Yes – You will if you want to upload
images and comment on others
Have you already got a Facebook or
Google account?
Then use this feature to save you
remembering more passwords

6. Go to http://www.flickr.com/tour?f=hp#section=upload
for info & links to the various tools and applications

7. Flickr Up Loader
Note Privacy
settings available
to you

8. Photographer
Date
Organisation
and sharing
Title and
description
Tags
License
CC FlickR image by Vern
Hart

9. What are tags?
You can give your photos and videos a Tagging
"tag", which is like a keyword or category
label. Tags help you find photos and videos
which have something in common. In Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/
you can assign up to 75 tags to each photo
or video.

10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivevans/2870781185/
What tags would you give this image?

11. What I love about FlickR
Storage, backup,
easy to share,
access anywhere,
easy to find

12. …I can see the
latest on my
account in one
glance
And manage my
account

13. Discovery
Connection
By Vivevans

14. Sharing, acknowledgement,
appreciation

15. Easily embed slide shows of
sets into websites

16. …you might join a group

17. Source: http://www.flickr.com/commons/

20. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/7785520876/in/photostream

21. Are you after an image?
• don’t reinvent the wheel!
CC FlickR image by chascar
No need to reinvent the wheel!

22. Can you use any image you find on the internet?

24. FlickR offers over 160 million images with a
Creative Commons license
www.flickr.com

25. Filter for
Creative
Commons
images
See Video Intro to Creative Commons
http://blip.tv/creative-commons/wanna-work-
together-289871
image: screengrab from creativecommons.org

26. Search for a term and then click
the advanced search option

27. Scroll to the
bottom and
tick the
Creative
Commons
Content
option.
Then search
again

28. http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net

29. How to acknowledge the work of others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernhart/910778661/
CC FlickR image by Vern Hart

30. Other tools to play with your images
For example: http://bighugelabs.com/
All Smaller images on this page created using BigHuge labs
by Vivevans

31. So how could you use FlickR
images with BFS Kiosks?

32. Your ideas?

33. Ideas for Engaging in Flickr
Explore Share Create Connect
Explore topics Create sets of an Collaborative Join or Create a
themes places event e.g. Digital stories on group
Opening, 100 year Voicethreads
birthday
Stimulation for Collection of past Digital stories Photographic
discussion photos Scavenger hunts
Contribute to the Photos with Posters or fliers With relatives who
photographic themes e.g. with eye catching have photos on
collections in the imagery flickr & for them to
Commons see you! 
Photography as a Favourite photos Have fun with Add comments to
activity that you love images - jigsaws others photos
Embed
slideshows in
websites
So much more... Join our discussion on http://bfsv.wikispaces.com/flickr

34. Resources
• www.flickr.com
• http://bfsv.wikispaces.com/flickr
Questions?
“Thanks for your active engagement”
Vivian Evans
NSW Networker BFS
vevans@ala.asn.au