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Flickr is a website for photo sharing where anybody can
upload their photos, comment on other photos, and browse other users’
photos. Organization is improved by the
user’s ability to create sets of photos and to join/add to subject
groupings. The real strength of Flickr
is the community of users itself. The
content on the site is only as strong as the content the users upload and the
communication between the users.
Today, there are upwards of two billion images and twenty
billion tags on the Flickr website, including a large contribution from the
Library of Congress. The Library of
Congress shares a collection of images and invites Flickr users to comment and
analyze the images.
Flickr users can register for free accounts (with limited
bandwidths and groups) or a paid account with more options. Both accounts are able to upload, share, and comment
on images. Users are also able to
designate the level of copyright on a photo and also which users are allowed to
comment/tag a photo.
Despite it’s usefulness as an online photo-sharing forum,
users need to be wary of the factual accuracy of any tags or comments because
the users may not be qualified to identify the images. In the classroom, Flickr can be used for
studying photography and also for enhancing projects and enabling students to
gain feedback on their work.
7 Things You Should Know About Flickr. (2008, February 15).
EDUCAUSE Homepage. Retrieved May 20, 2014, from
http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-flickr
Nice job Liz. I found a lot of the same things about Flickr that you did. I was surprised that there isn't some sort of auto correct or is this what you meant when tagging photos.
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