I found this image on Creative Commons under the “Attribution” license. Since part of my job is training teachers on using technology, I immediately thought of a 3rd grade teacher in my school, that does a cross-curricular unit on animal shelters. She normally uses a local pet shelter website to find pictures of animals. It occurred to me that she could use Flickr to integrate web 2.0 into her unit as well. This year, she had her students use a shelter animal's picture to write a descriptive poem. By using Flickr images, she could have students post their poems as annotations on the images. Instead of printing the poems, she would be able to share the links and the students would have an authentic audience for their work.Image Source: Kargo, Marcin. (2010, February 28). Dog #2. KM.’s Photostream. Retrieved June 27, 2011., from http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4394902678_87df3046f3.jpg
Combining Flickr images and Poetry is a great idea. Students can select an image that sets the tone or the theme of their poem and add a nice multimedia effect to their writing. Being able to view the pictures would also encourage younger students to read each others poetry if it were posted on a wiki or blog site. The picture that you have used in your blog post certainly creates a mood that could really inspire young writers. I hope the idea works out for your teachers.
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