Using Flickr in Education

This is Nardia.
I put her on Flickr, and from there, sent her here. She's a well-travelled dog!

Flickr has an 'Organise' option. In 'Organise', the user can design 'Sets' and 'Collections'. A 'Set' is a grouping of photos and videos that you can organise around a certain theme. 'Collections' are groupings of 'Sets' that can be organised around grander themes. All is categorised and at the finger tips.

Would not this be great for storyboarding? The learner would simply locate the set or collection that suits the theme, choose the images, download them, and arrange them to make sense.

Learners can get creative with 'Make Stuff'. They can make a calendar to raise money for their school.

Learners can 'Keep in Touch' with other learners. A class can add another class (ideally from somewhere else) as a contact on Flickr. The relationship between the two builds as they email one another and share photos and videos. Would this not be great for distance education students? The child living on an isolated property can mix with, and learn about, the city school life of his/her peers, and vice-versa. How about indigenous children in contact with other children this way? All are learning about the others' culture/s through images and text combined.