Chapter 7--Richardson

I've never used Flickr before but Richardson has me convinced that this is a great tool for students, both for managing their own photos/images and for using the search feature. Because I am a new user, I registered for an account and just took a little time to play around with the search feature. I'm amazed at how easy it is to find great images--I have to admit I spent more time searching than I had anticipated. I entered "West Liberty, Iowa" and ended up looking at the entire wedding album of someone I didn't even know!



When using this with students, it will be important to include a documentation component into the lesson. Richardson made the point that perhaps students are more likely to see the need for asking for permission or given credit to the author, as it seems as if the images are coming more from people than websites. I can already think of ways that Flickr might be a useful resource for the ELL, Spanish language, and Spanish Speakers classes that do research projects on Latin American countries.


One aspect that attracted me to this resource in terms of its educational use is the ability to restrict who views photos. I would be anxious about using any tool that didn't allow students and classes privacy, so I'm glad Flickr allows users this option.