Using images in class

This is a wonderful post by @jenverschoor where she describes several flickr tools which can be used in class.

My Integrating Technology journey via kwout

I've explored a few and really liked:

• Turning words into images 

• Guessing the tag (category) of different pictures

fastr - a flickr game via kwout

•  Watching different presentations with photos selected by TAGS 

Fotoviewr- photo gallery

This is a different way of viewing your flickr photos. It's very simple, you click on get started, choose the kind of gallery you prefer, type in your flickr username, select the set of pictures you would like to see, and voilá the site creates the photo gallery for you.

What I like about it - it must be very beautiful to look at on the e-board and looks very futuristic.

What I didn't like about it - I wish we could select pictures from overall flickr filtering by tag. This way we could show various pictures to our students on a given topic.

After creating your gallery you can share it in facebook, orkut or publish it in your blog by grabbing the embed code.

FotoViewr - Create your 3D photo gallery

Exploring PIMPAMPUM

PIMPAMPUM.net offers interesting flickrtoys.

• This week, I´m developing a project with students of mine with one of these tools: BOOKR. Students will create a photobook describing their best friend. We´ll start the task in the classroom where sts will write sentences about their best friend and imagine what kind of picture would be nice for each page (we´ll use pictures from flickr archive). I´ll demonstrate in class how to create the photobook and how to get the embed code for publishing it on a blog or webpage.

This is an example I´ve created to show them

• BUBBLR - with this tool you can make slideshows or comic strips with speech bubbles using picture from your flickr account or with flickr archive pictures. This is an example I got from the archive

• PHRASR - you can make slideshow from isolated words (from a vocabulary group) or from a sentence. Phrasr finds the right image for your word. It´s great for revising vocab. You can play it as a warmer and them ask sts to write all the words they can remember. Or you can use it to reinforce idioms, phrasal verbs, proverbs...

This is an example I´ve created w/ adjectives of PERSONALITY. (the word organized was misspelt)

• MEMRY - make a memory game out or flickr photos. Choose a topic (tag) and play the game. Tags I tried: animals, smiles, friends.With images of people, you can have sts play the game and describe the pictures of people they match.