Friday, March 20, 2009
Thing 7: Share Your Photos on Line
Hand me a digital camera! After creating my own Flickr Account and uploading a picture, I am inspired now to begin snapping pictures. I have always enjoyed capturing wonderful moments, people and scenes from nature. It's like locating them in eternity. I learned a lot by going to the Flickr site and exploring. I love that you can download pictures from the Creative Commons. I could not, however, download those with copyrights. I am going to have to learn more about that! I wonder if there is a way that you can write to the photographers. I saw many I would love to use in presentations that I give. They are beautiful and thought provoking. Flickr is an excellent tool for visual literacy. I remember going to a workshop that our Instructional Media and Technology Department sponsored on Visual Literacy. I learned a lot but see I just scratched the surface. The sky is the limit. I am very exciting. I had been away from the 23 Things project for a couple of weeks. My schedule got so hectic and I was physically sick for a while there. But Im baaaaacccccckkkkk! Can't wait to learn more ! How thrilling!
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We're glad you're back! Flickr does have some great photos that can be used as writing prompts, conversation starters, visuals in presentations, etc.
ReplyDeleteAs far as downloading - some of the copyrighted images can be downloaded, so one needs to be careful to check the rights. Your idea about contacting the owner of the image is a great one but most people don't pursue it. It never hurts to ask for permission. I think many of us would be pleasantly surprised with the responses.
It was refreshing to read your enthusiastic post! I feel the same way - like a kid in a candystore with all of these great tools. I agree that there is so much potential with the students in so many different areas.
ReplyDeleteI once contacted someone on the web (not Flickr) to ask permission to use their material to hand out at parent night for internet safety. They replied very quickly and were very happy to be acknowledged. Although they also used the opportunity to tell me about a book they were selling that I might be interested in:)