Flickr could be a good way to share presentations and projects with parents and other educators. The author mentions that you need an e-mail address to set up an account or you can create one login for all students to share. The advantage of being able to restrict acces to friends and family is a good feature allowing you and your students to work in your own private space. The annotation feature could be used as an assessment tool, for example students might have to label the parts of the house (la casa) and all it's features or any other vocabulary unit. I thought this would be a really exciting alternative to the standard quiz!Students coulsd also connect globally with people of other cultures but I think this would be a bit risky. One thing that I will probably try is projecting a photo on my LCD projectoe and have the students play "Filktion" by writing a short story in Spanish about the photo or simply listing Spanish words that come to mind, depending on ability. This would be a great 5 minute opening activity.
Another idea that I liked was the teacher who used images from Flickr to create an imaged version of a poem. This could also be done in the foreign language classroom with a short story or poetry. From a cultural standpoint, students could "visit" Spain and other Spanish speaking countries through a photo field trip. One thing that I found funny was the author's comment that "if you find sailors from halfway around the world, you can always contact them to see if they might have some experiences to share with your students" Yikes!! I don't think so!
Maureen, I love how you found so many ways that we can use Flickr! I didn't even think of using annotation of a photo to assess vocabulary knowledge. That's a great idea! I also like the Flicktion idea, but didn't know how much our students would be able to write. Using it as just a brain storm or opening activity could work really well. As far as the virtual field trips, we could even have them create their own!
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