bp5_2009118_flickr_lessonplan

I found a great lesson plan using Flickr on the web titled "Five Card Flickr Story". The idea is highlighted in Interface Magazine Online http://www.nz-interface.co.nz/. Using photos from Flickr, the creator of the host site Five Card Stories http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/index.php allows you to choose one of five randomly selected photos. After your first choice, it displays 5 more random photos for you to choose from. You repeat this process until you've selected 5 photos. After you have 5 photos selected, the object is to create a story linking the photos together.

I think this is a great lesson plan to use in the classroom to integrate technology and writing through the use of Flickr. This could be used with students in primary grades to enhance their writing with visual images, teach about sequencing, and even work with the students to allow for choice and variety in the assignment. Writing projects could be done as shared writing, group projects, or to enrich an individual student. I would probably go with the option of choosing a group of pictures before showing to students to protect their safety while using an internet source with random images that could pop up. I do believe that the options are endless with this activity. What a neat idea!