Flickr could be a great way to compile photos of art styles or art posters into topics or albums for classroom discussion by displaying and viewing them on the smartboard or used to create a notebook presentation from some of them.
Issues: First, I'm not yet sure about all the legal constraints but I know I would have to really look in to the copyright of doing this before I began. Also, I have not been able to access Yahoo accounts from the school PCs so IT policy would have to change.
This could also be a wonderful way to display individual student artwork, maybe in albums by grade.
Issues: My first concern would be with privacy. I don't think that I couldn't list student full names, so it kind of diminishes the 'spotlight' of having their artwork displayed. If I listed the school, I might even have to forego listing first names with grade as this might be too much information to share on so public a place. My second concern would be the time it takes. I would have to add the task of photographing the work, editing the file, uploading and organizing the photos, adding labels and make sure I don't go over the space allowed.
First of all let's deal with the copyright issue. Under "fair use' (you will see this in an upcoming "Thing") you may use copyrighted images for direct instruction. Second, Flickr is available to you from school.Your concerns about student work may be addressed through the settings for viewing in the flickr account that you set up for the class. You may set it to private and supply a password or invitation by email set-up. Certainly, we need to carefully think about privacy as we weigh the benefits of this medium.
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