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As there are tons of pictures on Flickr, sometimes finding the right images can be a tedious task. This week I have here for you 2 awesome search tools for finding Flickr images.

1. Tag Galaxy This search engine tool can help us narrow the search for a more efficient search. After entering the search term in the search box, the image of the sun with planets circling the sun will appear. The sun represents the initial search term and each planet represents a related tag or an additional term.



2. Flickr Related Tag Browser The result from this search engine contains an initial 30 images surrounded by a cluster of over 20 related keywords or tags.



This two search tools can help us a lot as they provide related tags. We will have more choices of search terms and at the same time the tools help us refine the search.

Reference:

http://www.suite101.com/content/top-5-search-tools-for-finding-flickr-images-for-use-in-education-a273456#ixzz0zCGvkBTE

http://taggalaxy.de/

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/related_tag_browser/app/

1. Any lessons aiming to promote and build visual literacy skills in students.


2. Use single photographs for writing prompts (either creative or interpretive writing).


3. Use multiple image sets for digital storytelling projects.


4. Use photographs to do image analysis in Art class.


5. Use photographs for visual argument in any subject.


6. Study geography from geotag function of Flickr. Photograph can be linked to the source of the photo, permitting a visual, geographical study of a particular place. http://www.flickr.com/map?place_id=wVzKvc6bAphUAzlxNg


7. Create virtual field trips. Check out this photostream for amazing shots of interesting places. http://www.flickr.com/photos/altus/2348834419/in/photostream/


8. Teach students about intellectual property rights. Members can apply a variety of Creative Commons licensing to the photographs.


9. Create slideshow in Flickr.


10. Create digital visual portfolios.


11. Create visual documentation of school events and students’ works.


12. Use Flickr to create a database of school projects. RSS (really simple syndication) feed of Flickr will allow parents and other community members who subscribe to the RSS feed to be notified when new photos are uploaded.

Summarized from “Using Flickr in the Classroom” by David Jakes

Before talking about Flickr in the instructional settings, it is better to know what we can do with Flickr.

1) Tell a story with your photos.
2) Share your photos with friends and family with flexible privacy control.
3) Connect Flickr account to Facebook, Twitter, Bloggin, Yahoo! and even on your site.
4) Upload your photos to the web by mobile device, email, browser or Flickr’s desktop application.
5) Organize your photos into sets and from sets into collections.
6) Explore the places through geotagged photos on Flickr.
7) Check out photostream of many interesting events such as NASA Goddard Photo and Video's photostream and the White House photostream
8) Connect to others who share your interests as ten-million plus groups are in Flickr!