Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Flickr

Below is the link to the flicker set “Waves” my group (Mark Smythe, Nancy Lawrey, Andrea Weaver, Joel Lommansson, and Andrew Digan) created this evening. The photo/video set demonstrates the following Kentucky Core Content Standards:
KY-4-1.SC-07-4.6.3 Students will understand that waves are one way that energy is transferred. Types of waves include sound, light, earthquake, ocean and electromagnetic.
KY-4-1.SC-08-4.6.4.2 > describe the transfer of energy via waves in real life phenomena.
Ideally this would be a review in which students would test their ability to look at a photo of a real life phenomena (flag waving in the breeze, a traditional ocean wave, the stadium wave,etc) and 1) identify it as a wave then, 2)describe the energy transfer taking place. We added a note the students could look at in the event that they were having difficulty so that they could “self-assess.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewpdigan/sets/72157618105550472/
I could see myself using a tool like this in the classroom for similar projects with my students- for projects that serve as assessments in particular. I personally struggled verbalizing the comments in the “notes” thus think for a student to make a project like this they would have to really have a good understanding of the content.
Finally, I was impressed with how quickly the group became adept at using flickr. None of us had previously used the site (I am a SnapFish girl) but within 7-8 minutes we were very comfortable and picking up real skills
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1 comment:

  1. What a great group you had:)
    I believe Flicker is an excellent tool for students to use when creating group presentations in the computer lab. I created a lesson on the solar system and divided the class into groups and they created Powerpoint presentations on a planet. I was shocked that many of the presentations were visually dull and used the same pictures off the web. My wow factor wasn't achieved. I searched Flicker on planets and found awsome pictures that I haven't seen before. I will be sure and introduce Flicker to my students on their next presentation.....

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