Intro to Flickr ALA presentation for BFS by vivian evans 17th aug 2012
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Transcript of Intro to Flickr ALA presentation for BFS by vivian evans 17th aug 2012
A picture tells a thousand words:
CC FlickR image by jackdot101
using FlickR for image sharing and social networking
Today’s Focus on Flickr
• What is FlickR?
• FlickR’s key features
• How to Join and Upload images
• What is Tagging & why is it useful
• What Vivian loves about Flickr
• Sourcing Images – can you use any image on the
internet?
• Creative Commons
• Exploring the Potential for Seniors
Please note this presentation &
related resources are available on
http://bfsv.wikispaces.com/flickr
Vivian Evans would like
to acknowledge that this
presentation is adapted
from a PowerPoint
created by Robyn Jay
Do you have to sign up to Flickr?
NO! You can explore and see all the
public images on Flickr without joining.
Yes – You will if you want to upload
images and comment on others
Have you already got a Facebook or
Google account?
Then use this feature to save you
remembering more passwords
Go to http://www.flickr.com/tour?f=hp#section=upload
for info & links to the various tools and applications
Flickr Up Loader
Note Privacy
settings available
to you
License
Tags
Organisation
and sharing
Date
Photographer
CC FlickR image by Vern
Hart
Title and
description
Tagging What are tags?
You can give your photos and videos a
"tag", which is like a keyword or category
label. Tags help you find photos and videos
which have something in common. In Flickr
you can assign up to 75 tags to each photo
or video.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/
What tags would you give this image?
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What I love about FlickR
Storage, backup,
easy to share,
access anywhere,
easy to find
…I can see the
latest on my
account in one
glance
And manage my
account
Sharing, acknowledgement,
appreciation
Easily embed slide shows of
sets into websites
…yo
u m
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t jo
in a
gro
up
Source: http://www.flickr.com/commons/
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/7785520876/in/photostream
Are you after an image?
• don’t reinvent the wheel!
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Flic
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No need to reinvent the wheel!
Can you use any image you find on the internet?
www.flickr.com
FlickR offers over 160 million images with a
Creative Commons license
Filter for Creative
Commons images
image: screengrab from creativecommons.org
See Video Intro to Creative Commons
http://blip.tv/creative-commons/wanna-work-
together-289871
Search for a term and then click the advanced search option
Scroll to the bottom and
tick the Creative
Commons
Content option.
Then search again
http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net
How to acknowledge the work of others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernhart/910778661/
CC FlickR image by Vern Hart
For example: http://bighugelabs.com/
Other tools to play with your images
All Smaller images on this page created using BigHuge labs
by Vivevans
So how could you use FlickR
images with BFS Kiosks?
Your ideas?
Ideas for Engaging in Flickr Explore Share Create Connect
Explore topics
themes places
Create sets of an
event e.g.
Opening, 100 year
birthday
Collaborative
Digital stories on
Voicethreads
Join or Create a
group
Stimulation for
discussion
Collection of past
photos
Digital stories Photographic
Scavenger hunts
Contribute to the
photographic
collections in the
Commons
Photos with
themes e.g.
Posters or fliers
with eye catching
imagery
With relatives who
have photos on
flickr & for them to
see you!
Photography as a
activity
Favourite photos
that you love
Have fun with
images - jigsaws
Add comments to
others photos
Embed
slideshows in
websites
So much more... Join our discussion on http://bfsv.wikispaces.com/flickr
Resources
• www.flickr.com
• http://bfsv.wikispaces.com/flickr
Questions?
“Thanks for your active engagement”
Vivian Evans
NSW Networker BFS