1. ALL ABOUT FLICKR
www.flickr.com
By: Jay Votta June 4, 2009

2. Table of Contents
 What is Flickr?
 What is Flickr used for?
 Benefits of Flickr
 Examples of Flickr
 Flickr in my Classroom
 Conclusion

3. What is Flickr?
 Flickris an on-line photo management and
sharing application
 Think of Flickr as a photo album for the digital age
 Your Flickr account can be as private or public as
you wish
 Great way to keep in touch and up to date with
family and friends
 Fast and easy way to connect with others by
placing posts in discussions under the group link

4. What is Flickr used for?
 Flickr’s two Goals.
 1) To help people make their content
(photos/videos) available to the people who
matter to them
 2) To enable new ways of organizing photos and
videos
Flickr is the “WD-40” that makes it easy to
get
photos or videos from one person to another

5. Benefits of Flickr
 Having instant access to very recent photos
and historical photos to help tie into school
projects and papers
 When searching for photos other links are
available to gain more information on certain
topics
 Joining discussion groups can help teachers
communicate with teachers all over the world and
thus come up with new ideas to make their
classroom enjoyable

6.  More Benefits of Flickr
 Instant access to family and friends pictures and
blogs to help stay connected
 Keeps personal photos and videos organized in a
safe place incase of personal computer hard drive
crashes

7. Examples of Flickr
 http://www.flickr.com/groups/78198665@N00/
 This link is for art teachers which might help them get
a lesson plan idea or two while they share projects of
their own. It provides a discussion board where
questions and answers are posted and examples of
teacher and student art can be found.
 http://www.flickr.com/groups/elementaryteacher/
 This link is for teachers from around the world to join
this certain group to show off pictures of
lessons, activities, and other things dealing with
teachers and their classrooms.

8. Flickr in my Classroom
 How I would use Flickr in my classroom
I would use this site to post pictures of my
students art work and class assignments, and
invite the parents to view this site to stay
connected with the work that their children are
doing in my classroom.
 I would use this site to introduce vibrant
interesting photos to my students to keep their
attention
 For example if our topic was the Civil War, I would use
a computer projector to show the students how to
navigate this site and get realistic photos of the civil
war era to make the experience as real as possible.

9. Conclusion
 Flickr has many benefits for in the
classroom and for personal use.
 Flickr is a great online tool to
teach students how important it is
to stay connected with family and
friends though pictures and
videos.