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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