flickr

=Welcome to flickr!=


 * ESL Websites: http://eslflow.com/

Sample Uses of Flickr Photos:**

http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/06/21/dear-ken/ http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=330 http://kenrodoff.blogspot.com/2008/05/summer-employment-opportunity.html


 * Ideas for Using Pictures in Language Teaching:**
 * List all the nouns, colors, shapes, etc.
 * Use prepositions to describe the photos
 * Make up statements about the people in the pictures
 * Compare and contrast two different pictures
 * Use an action verb to describe the photo
 * Use an adjective to describe the photo or vice versa
 * Have students find a photo to match a vocabulary word
 * Use the "interestingness" link for writing prompts
 * Ask inference questions
 * Minimal pairs: ship/sheep
 * Idiomatic expressions
 * Have kids retell a story with images with flickr
 * Use with Moviemaker, PowerPoint, PhotoStory, Word, Keynote, Pages, embed them in webpages, email them to people

Flickr photo sharing:[| http://www.flickr.com] Learn more about photo sharing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_sharing (Scroll down for a list of other sites.) A detailed outline of photo sharing sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photo_sharing_websites
 * General Photo Sharing Information:**


 * How do I know if I can use them?** http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
 * Smithsonian Photos on flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/smithsonian
 * LIbrary of Congress Photos on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

NB: JakesOnline! has a great flickrstorm tutorial: http://www.jakesonline.org/using_flickrstorm.pdf
 * Flickr Tools:**
 * Flickr's list of third party tools: http://www.flickr.com/services/
 * The flickr toys bonanza: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/
 * Flickrstorm provides different ways of searching flickr: [|http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/>]
 * Picnik for photo editing online: http://www.picnik.com/
 * Piclens: http://piclens.com/
 * Tag Galaxy: http://taggalaxy.de/
 * Flickr Uploader: http://flickr.com/tools/


 * Creating Slide Shows:**
 * Creating Easy Customizable Slide Shows: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/slideshow.php
 * View my slide show: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/slideshow.php?id=51026
 * Creating Quick Not-So-Customizable Slide Shows: http://fabiocavassini.com.ar/SlideShowGenerator.html
 * Slideboom for sharing Powerpoint Slide Shows: http://www.slideboom.com/

Embed them in a webpage: Courtesy: Fort Photo

Embed a slideshow: media type="custom" key="878497"


 * Language Arts Games:**
 * Guess the title: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/guess.php
 * Guess the tag: http://randomchaos.com/games/fastr/