Flickr!

If you keep up with my blog (which you totally should), you know that I explored Flickr for the last blog post. However, for this one, I went further into it; exploring groups, tags, etc. It was really something that I found would be useful in the future for showing accurate pictures to teach students. Many times, simply searching for a picture on Google can bring up inaccurate and sometimes inappropriate pictures. With Flickr, there is accurate pictures along with further information in each picture!

For example, I searched "Ameila Earhart" in Flickr and brought up one picture. It showed me exactly which person Earhart was in the picture and also labeled exactly who each other person was. This would be very helpful in a history lesson!

When it comes to "tags" on Flickr, it's very similar to #hashtags on Twitter, Instagram, etc. If I tag an Amelia Earhart picture with "airplane" on Flickr, it will show up for anyone who may search "airplane" in general. It's the same with #hashtags on Twitter and Instagram. If I tag a picture of the beautiful, autumn leaves with "#fall", it will show up when anyone searches the word "fall". Overall, I think it broadens the horizons of a search, not only including pictures of what the World Wide Web considers "fall" but also what you or I might consider "fall".

This site is legit... I have fallen in a completely smitten relationship with Flickr. Check it out!
xoxo, k