Flickr

I posted some pictures on Flickr. They are photos that my daughter took. She has an eye for photographing plants and flowers up close. (At least, I think she does!) Most of these were taken in Africa at a botanical garden in Cape Town. The plants are mostly indigenous to South Africa.

I can see the value of Flickr in the classroom. The students in 7th grade used it to share photos of their trip to Stone Labs. Each kid uploaded her photos, and other kids could download them for projects, such as the PhotoStory project they were required to do. They all ended up with far more photos to choose from than just their own, including pictures of themselves. (The person behind the camera rarely gets to be in photos, but sharing like this is one way to help insure that people get pictures of themselves.

You could also use it to search for images for projects or movies. I just did a search for Angkor Wat in Cambodia and found over 200,000 photos, mostly gorgeous, that could be used if a student needed some images of this historical temple. Just out of curiosity, I did a search with Google Images for Angkor Wat and also found just over 200,000 images. The difference is that the Google pictures are all on the web and may or may not be available to copy and use. Flickr, on the other hand, is free to copy under the Creative Commons License. This could make a good teaching point for students.