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| 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. | | 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== |
− | # ''''''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. | + | # '<nowiki/>'''''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. |
− | # '''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. | + | # '''Link this to the school’s '<nowiki/>''website or your blog'<nowiki/>'''''. 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. |
− | # ''''''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. | + | # '<nowiki/>'''''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. |
− | # ''''''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’ | + | # '<nowiki/>'''''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’ |
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| ==Saving the file== | | ==Saving the file== |
| + | * '''Log into your Flickr account.'''[1] Launch the Flickr website in your web browser and sign in with your username and password. |
| + | * '''Select the photos you want to download.''' Your photos are available in two different areas: |
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| + | * Click “Camera Roll” to view all of your photos.[2] Clicking a photo will add it to the “pile” of photos to be downloaded, shown at the bottom of the screen. To add an entire batch of photos to the download pile, click “Select All” next to the date the photos were added. |
| + | * If you use Flickr albums to store your photo and want to download an entire album, click “Albums,” then select an album to download. |
| + | * '''Click “Download” at the bottom of the screen.''' Now you’ll be downloading the photos you’ve added to the download pile. A different pop-up message will appear depending on how many photos you’ve selected: |
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| + | * If you’ve selected one image, the message will say “Download 1 photo.” Click the message box to choose where to save it on your computer. The download will begin. |
| + | * If you’ve selected multiple photos (or an entire album), the message will say “Download zip.” Click the message to create a single zip file, then choose a folder to save your zip file. When the download is complete, locate the zip file. |
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| ==Export and publishing files== | | ==Export and publishing files== |