Using Flickr Apps

I was very impressed to find out that there are various applications that use Flickr photos. These applications could be very beneficial for teachers to use in their classrooms...either by creating something to show to students while teaching, or for having students work with an application to create an assignment. The website Big Huge Labs has many applications to use with Flickr such as creating magazine covers, maps, movie posters, puzzles, etc. Bubblr is a tool for creating comic strips from Flickr pictures. And Bookr is a tool for using Flickr images to tell a story or illustrate a poem in a "virtual book" available online.

I decided to check out Bookr. I took this tool as being another way to present information, but I liked the fact that instead of just being a mere powerpoint presentation, the pictures can tell a story. I really liked this ability, especially for presenting mathematics content. A topic I decided to focus on teaching was the concept of slope. If you are just introducing this concept to students for the first time especially, a great way to explain slope is by using examples of slope that appear in the real world. Therefore, showing pictures of such examples for students to consider is a great idea.


I therefore created a bookr titled Examples of Slope in the Real World, including mutiple Flickr pictures depicting slope in various ways...ski slopes, mountain ranges, escalators...even roads and bathtubs! I think students would really enjoy seeing these images and viewing the bookr in a "story" format that has text descriptions at the bottom of each page. Check it out!