A workshop on finding media for the 2013 Flat Classroom Conference

1. Media For Digital Stories
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76: http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/

2. Communicating
with media
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Keoni Cabral: http://flickr.com/photos/keoni101/5510924563/

3. Words (few = better) +
photos together
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by mynameisharsha: http://flickr.com/photos/mynameisharsha/5832815994/

4. creativecommons.org
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by qthomasbower: http://flickr.com/photos/qthomasbower/3640360821/

5. Finding
Media
“telescope” = search term
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by GerryT: http://flickr.com/photos/gerrythomasen/19790955/

6. http://bit.ly/your-imageq

7. Search as Indirect Process
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by ka.hi: http://flickr.com/photos/bestofkahi/5418654810/

8. more than keywords
• What are words that describe what
you are looking for?
• What are other words that might
represent it?
• What metaphors might represent the
concept?
• What are words that describe what it
looks like in action (adjectives)?

9. Looking for photos to
represent Excitement?
Try Leap
Looking for photos to
represent Research?
Try Chemistry Lab
Looking for photos to
represent something that
is boring? Try Yawn

10. compfight.com for flickr images
http://cogdog.wikispaces.com/Image+Q+Finding+Good+Photos

11. images.google.com/advanced_image_search

12. http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia

13. Keep a log of
media used
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by juhansonin: http://flickr.com/photos/juhansonin/5144239690/

14. attribution
provide source by
name, url, license
http://cogdog.wikispaces.com/Image+Q+Giving+Attribution