Thursday, July 19, 2018

Flickr


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Flickr is a photo-sharing network. My favorite feature of Flickr is “groups”. People can participate in different groups to share their photos or view photographs shared by others. Groups can either be public, public (invite only) or completely private. Each group has its own theme presented by the group name. A wide verity of photos with the common theme is aggregated together in one group. Groups are major means of interaction with fellow members of Flickr around common interests. In each group, there is a discussion board that offers communication/learning space for members. People can re-organize their own photos or other authorized photos in different albums. Flickr provides code to embed albums into blogs, websites, and forums or to share albums with other social media tools. Signed-in Flickr users can "Follow" the Photo streams of other Flickr photographers. Users could tag for each posted photo. Tags are a useful navigation tool to add a broader audience to navigate my photos. Any Flickr user can post a Flickr photo with its title and description to introduce the image on its photo page. A comment area is provided for each photograph.
Based on many particular features, is it useful for education/academia? It definitely is a good tool to learn some skills like photography. Flickr would serve as a photographs database which offers professional photos such as medical figures or emergency rescue images. What do you think about the point how to apply it for education? Here is a reference for you--18 Ways with Flickr for Education.


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2 comments:

  1. V DiwanjiJuly 22, 2018 at 3:50 PM

    Thanks for sharing some great ideas for using Flickr for education! Although lots of photo sharing sites come alongside a plague of self-promoting accounts, this phenomenon can be especially prevalent on Flickr. There’s a lot of clickbait and spam to look out for. Also, it’s easy for people to steal your photos here. There are few fail-safes Flickr employs to deter theft, so many people “right click and save”. You’ll definitely want to think about watermarks or some other way to protect yourself against copyright violation. Last but not least, Flickr features few updates, so many users feel it isn’t as polished as some of the alternatives out there. It definitely can be said to have a dated feel. What do you feel?

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  2. UnknownJuly 26, 2018 at 7:46 PM

    Thanks for the great link for using Flickr for education. I think that ESL students could benefit from creating a group and tagging pictures to share their personal stories. They could then publish "The stories of my classmates" and share with other international students.

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