Flickr is a pretty well-known photo-hosting website. It's free, but there are limits as to how much you can post in a certain period of time. I personally used Flickr very briefly when I was younger, but no longer use it.
However, Flickr could be a great tool for classroom use. If/when you take pictures of students in the classroom, you could upload them all to your classroom Flickr for safe-keeping. Only the people you WANT to see your pictures will be able to, so privacy isn't such an issue.
But really, the purpose of this post is to tell you about Five Card Flickr, which is this new game I just learned about. Basically, you start by going to this website. You're given a row of 5 random pictures, and this call this "draw 1." Click on a picture to save it to your "deck." You get to draw pictures a total of 5 times. After you've chosen all 5, you have to create a story that ties all 5 pictures together!
English teachers, do you see where I'm going with this? :)
Students can pick this random "deck" of pictures and then create a story to go along with it. When the story is finished, students can save it by clicking the bottom "save" button. The next screen gives students a permanent link to their story and "deck" of pictures.
I think this sounds like a fun, creative project that would boost writing skills while really making kids think! I'd love to use this in the classroom!
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