2.  Flickr is both a mobile
app and an online website
 You can:

3.  Teachers, parents, and students  Grades 6-12
 Any subject could benefit from photo sharing on Flickr
(Richardson, 2010)

4. 1. Develop teacher
familiarity with Flickr
2. Introduce teachers to
the use of Flickr in
the classroom
3. Relate Flickr
resources to the
curriculum for
teacher use

5. Flickr offers free accounts as well as benefits for
registered accounts
Teacher and student benefits:
Digital storytelling
Creative classroom ideas and set ups
Access to the Library of Congress Archives
Provides feedback to students
World interaction through photos (Richardson, 2010)

6. Search for photos, people, information, and groups
Explore keywords, tags, locations, cameras, videos, etc.
View public photos and
videos
Upload videos, photos,
digital stories, etc.
Blog

7. First, create a Flickr account
Click the sign up button and complete the required
information

8. Once you have created an account, go to your profile and
customize it with what you want your students to see.

9. Then, set up
your groups
and contacts
which would be
your classes
and students.

10. You can create a new group, search for a group, and
organize all uploads at any time.

11. Next, upload
your
information, pictu
res, videos, and
any other
content you want
to share with
your students.

12. • Uploading Options:
• Web-based upload form
• Flickr Uploadr for Windows
• Flickr Uploadr for Mac
• “Send to Flickr” Windows XP
• Upload by email
• and more!

13. • Once a photo or video is uploaded, add comments!

14. Finally, you
can start a
new blog to
include
discussions
about specific
lessons, topic
s, etc.

15. 1. Digital Storybook
A great science project for teaching high school students
the property of matter would be to have them use Flickr to
create a digital storybook. Students would create a story
based on an element and, through the story, the students
would represent the element’s transformation through all
three stages of matter. This would include
solid, liquid, and gas.
NJCCCS:
• 5.2.12.A.1 - Use atomic models to predict the behaviors of atoms in interactions
• 5.2.12.A.2 - Account for the differences in the physical properties of solids, liquids, and
gases.
• 5.2.12.C.1 - Describe and explain the properties of solids, liquids, and gases

16. 2. Pen Pal Project
A great project for a middle school Spanish class would be to
develop a pen pal through Flickr. Students from all around the
world can post pictures to their pen pal and they must describe
and comment on each picture in Spanish. This includes the
colors they see, the clothes that are being worn, etc. Not only
does this expand technology skills, Spanish skills, and social
skills, but the pen pals can help and/or correct each other if a
term is used incorrectly, etc.
NJCCCS:
• 7.1.NM.B.5 - Exchange information using words, phrases, and short sentences practiced
in class on familiar topics or on topics studied in other content areas.
• 7.1.IH.A.7 - Infer the meaning of some unfamiliar words and phrases in new formal and
informal contexts.
• 7.1.IM.A.8 - Use knowledge of structures of the target language to deduce meaning of
new and unfamiliar structures.

17. 3. Library of Congress PowerPoint
Flickr offers access to the Library of Congress Archives. Using
this resource, middle school social studies teachers could have
their students create a PowerPoint presentation in which they
describe the history and transformation of the United States.
Students will not only use the pictures through Flickr, but they
can create the PowerPoint through Flickr, too. To take this
project even further, a teacher can require other groups to
comment and provide feedback on their classmates’ projects.
NJCCCS:
• 6.1.8.B.3.b - Determine the extent to which the geography of the United States
influenced the debate on representation in Congress and federalism by
examining the New Jersey and Virginia plans.
• 6.1.8.A.5.b - Compare and contrast the approaches of Congress and Presidents Lincoln
and Johnson toward the reconstruction of the South.

18. 4. Blogging
One of the greatest features of Flickr is its blog. High school
English teachers can start a blog by posting a creative research
prompt. The students would have to make an initial comment
and then reply several times to different classmates. This blog
can also be used for debates, as well. Students would pick a
side and argue for or against it, trying to persuade their
classmates to change sides and/or defend their choice. Pictures
can be inserted into a blog, too!
CCSS:
•W.11-12.1b - Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most
relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations
of both in a manner that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level,
concerns, values, and possible biases.
•W.11-12.1e - Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports
the argument presented.
•W.11-12.9 - Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research.

19. 5. Collage
One of the most commonly used features of Flickr is the picture
editing feature. For a fun and creative health project, for any
secondary grade, when learning about nutrition, would be for the
students to make a collage of good nutritional choices compared
to poor nutritional choices. Students can use Flickr not only to
create and edit the actual collages, but they can explore and
search for pictures of each food group, as well. They can
combine all of these pictures into each separate collage and
their classmates can comment, analyze, and provide feedback.
NJCCCS:
• 2.1.6.B.3 - Create a daily balanced nutritional meal plan based on nutritional content,
value, calories, and cost.
• 2.1.8.B.1 - Analyze how culture, health status, age, and eating environment influence
personal eating patterns and recommend ways to provide nutritional
balance.
• 2.1.12.B.3 - Analyze the unique contributions of each nutrient class (fats,
carbohydrates, protein, water, vitamins, and minerals) to one’s health.

20. Flickr  this website gives a complete summary of what Flickr is all
about
http://www.flickr.com/about/
Google Images – “Flickr”  provides excellent snapshots used for
directions
Google Images: Flickr
Richardson, Will. (2010) Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful
Web Tools for Classrooms. “Ch. 7 – Fun with Flickr”. 101-109.
Shelly, G., Gunter, G., Gunter, R. (2011) Teachers Discovering
Computers “Ch. 3 – Software for Educators”. 99-152.
State Standards  provides the NJCCCS standards for each project
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/