Omnivorous Surfer

Flickr has so many tools. Here's one that's easy and really enhances the viewing experience. Simply copying and pasting the BlackMagic code in a photo's comment provides a link that will open the photo with a black background. If you can copy and paste, you can do this. Check it out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nosha/3277989393/. This looks like a regular Flickr page, but read to find the code and instructions.

Here's a sample.

I suppose now that Flickr displays an image on a black background when you click on it, this isn't that much help, but it would give you a nice background if you wanted to send someone a link to a specific photo.

Mbedr is a cool online tool that lets you embed a flickr image on your website. The title and any annotations of the original will be included with the embeded image. See an example below



Remember when using others' photos from flickr (or any site) to choose those with a Creative Commons license. You can read a previous post on a utility for doing a Creative Commons search of flickr images here.

I learned about Mbedr and other cool sites that use or manipulate flickr images on Karen Montgomery's site, Think Photo Sharing with Flickr. There is lots of excellent information here for anyone wanting to use flickr in the classroom.

Spell with Flickr is a very simple website that lets you enter a word or words and then spells out your entry using images from Flickr.

Taking advantage of the fact that today is election day, I created this image:

These sites utilizing flickr photos are just fun!

After you have entered a phrase, phrasr will pull a photo from flickr for each word in the phrase. For each word, you can change the photo, selecting from among the suggestions they provide, or choose to have no photo for that word. When you are finished, phrasr puts together a flash slideshow of the photos you have chosen with the phrase, which you can view again or email to someone (perhaps yourself) if you wish. I don't know how long it will be available, but here is an example using a Mahatma Gandhi quote.

bookr uses photos to create a flash book. You can place text on each page and then do a flicker tag search for photos to illustrate the text. This is easy enough kids could do it, younger ones with help spelling the tags/search terms. Here's a sample book I created about clouds; to turn a page, click on its bottom corner.


If you'd like to see other Pimpampum toys, check out the Pimpampum Labs. The 4 x 4 memory game would be fun for kids.