Task 4 Flicker for Fun

I viewed the tutorial and checked out Compfight. I also looked at Picture Sandbox, Big Huge Labs, Character Trading Generator, Pics4Learning, and Bubblr.

I plan to use http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ for at least one creative writing assignment that I have my students do this coming year. They will create comic strips using photos from flicker.com. I do not think it will be difficult for them to use, will be fun, and they can be quite creative with what they produce.

I want my students to use Character Trading Cards Generator at http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/ instead of the traditional book report form when they read and report on book length biographies and autobiographies. It is an easy format to use. The student includes such things as a picture of the main character and his or her personality, information about setting, and the reader’s thoughts and feelings. Picture Sandbox http://picturesandbox.com/?d=ps and Compfight http://www.compfight.com/ would be good picture sources.


When my students write biographical poems at the beginning of the year, I plan to have them use
http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php They will upload a photo or other picture to represent themselves, create their biographical poems to accompany the pictures, and post them on the class blog for all to enjoy.