Flickr (pronounced "flicker") is an image hosting and video hosting website and web services suite that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo on March 20, 2005.[3] In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, and effectively an online community, the service is widely used by photo researchers and by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social media.
==Educational application and relevance==
==Educational application and relevance==
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1. Events and Activities – upload photos of staff and students working together during an event or activity. This could be a sports, field trip, seminar or workshop help in the school.
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2. Link this to the school’s website or your blog. Most websites are now based on some form of Content Management Systems (CMS) that will support widgets for Flickr. You can add Flickr widgets to showcase activities, events, artwork, prize winners or school facilities to name a few.
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3. Proof of Work – upload images of artwork, work pieces from product design, science experiment outcomes, wood working results, crafts, electronic projects, product prototypes, textile and fashion design, dishes from budding chefs, end products from team building exercises and more.
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4. Story Telling and Creative Writing – for English, Literature or any other subject, a group of photos can be a story board that allows students to compose their own story or creative ‘journalism’