GeoTagging

Geo tagging is my favourite thing about Flickr. We are teaching a unit of work on Graffiti in Visual Arts at the moment. As part of our research we are photographically documenting local graffiti. These will be saved and then uploaded to our Flickr account.

We will geo-tag these images and then create an online exhibition. The students will work collaboratively to decide which images will be included and why and in what order the audience should view the images to see the historical progression of graffiti in Eastwood. Some piece have been in place for 7 to 8 years. People will then be able to access the images on a google map and actually find them if they want to view them in situ.

This is a mock-up only (We have yet to finalise our own)

This feature of Flickr could be adopted for any number of activities in various subjects areas.

Geography - local rivers, creeks, dams or land forms
History - famous battle sites, incidents in history, war memorials
Art - art galleries and museums, public sculptures, buildings of architectural importance
Religion - local Churches of world religions, incidents in the life of Jesus or the saints
Hospitality - cafes, food supplies, wholesalers, growers, organic farmers - Food Equity Unit

Documenting excursions or field trips takes on a new dimension when people back home can see where you went and what you experienced.

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Flickr

I mentioned Multicolr in an earlier post but made the assumption that everyone knew what Flickr was and how it could be used in classrooms. Flickr is a Web 2 tool that allows you to manage your photographs and video online. This may mean creating albums, sharing with family and friends or even giving them the ability to organise your content - adding comments, tags or note. The app also allows you to create groups so that only invited people can access your photos. This makes Flickr perfect for schools. Create a group and invite students and parents to view portfolios of work, drawings, artworks, presentations, videos of role plays or even performances. Get the students into the habit of digitally documenting their work both process and product. This means that you also have evidence of outcomes and competencies. 

Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons License, and you can browse or search through content under each of the types of licenses. This means that Flickr is a great place to find images to illustrate your handouts online worksheets or presentations. It also means that students can obtain images for their own presentations or assignment without breaching copyright.


Flickr also has the ability to Geo-Tag images. This means that images have the geographical location embedded into the digital information that is recorded with the image. You can locate where the image was taken on a google map or google satellite image.

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