Using Flickr as a inter-school arts
network
1. Create a Flickr account
• You can
easily
create a
Flickr
account
using your
Yahoo,
Google or
Facebook
account
details at
www.flickr.com
1. Create a Flickr account
• Then create the small
icon that will represent
you on Flickr. (You can
skip this step if you like.)
• Complete the set up by
personalising your profile and
adding a description about you
or your school/college
2. Using Flickr
This menu appears at the top of the home page.
Some of the headings are self explanatory:
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Home – Takes you to the Flickr homepage
Contacts - is the people you have connected with on Flickr
Upload - is where you go to upload your photos
Explore – is a random series of photos from the site, some amazing shots!
Getting your photos
onto Flickr
If you have a smart phone, you
can take a photo of the
artwork then email it
directly to Flickr. The subject
will appear as the Name of
the photo on Flickr.
You can also just use a digital
camera, dump them to your
hard drive, then upload
them from the internet.
Or why not let the students
take their own photos and
save YOU the work!
Privacy
Obviously privacy is a HUGE issue for
schools. I NEVER put the full name of
the student on the work, just the
Christian name and I NEVER show
children’s faces.
Make sure you get the permission from
your Head to make a Flickr site. I also
had to get the site unblocked. You
might also want to get parents
permission. Some of the photos on the
main Flickr site might not be suitable
for children to view.
You can change the privacy settings on
each photo by clicking the button
underneath the photo. If you make a
photo private only YOU can see it.
You can also go to your account page and
change what information you share
and what others can see.
3. Using Flickr, your Photostream
Your Photostream
page shows
your photo
uploads,
showing the
most recent
first.
At the bottom of
this page is a
link where you
can change the
layout of your
page
3. Using Flickr; Sets
A SET is a group of
photos that you
might want to
put together,
for example
artwork on a
particular
theme or year
group, or even
an individual
students’ work.
3. Using Flickr; Collections
A COLLECTION is a group of sets. So you might put all of the artwork from each
year group together or group some students together. For example, you
might make a SET for each GCSE student then make a COLLECTION of all of
those students.
You can SHARE a SET and make slideshows of them but not COLLECTIONs.
3. Using Flickr; Organise & Create
Click the Organise
& create button
to take you to
the control
panel where
you can batch
edit your
photos, change
permissions,
delete multiple
files and lots of
other stuff. This
panel can take a
bit of getting
used to!
3. Using Flickr; Groups
You can
browse
groups on
Flickr or use
the search
box to find
groups, or
create your
own group!
Groups are a powerful way to
share work. They can allow
you to connect with other
artists and schools across the
world, or around the corner
and are a great way to get
new ideas and connect with
other teachers.
North East Art Teacher Network
The aim of this Flickr group is
to get as many schools as
we can to upload their
work and share it in this
group. We can make
friends online and have
lots of FREE inset. Just
think how many times
you’ve thought how you
would love to get out of
school to see other
schools’ artwork but can
never get the time?
You can also start discussions
with other teachers or
email the teacher about
the photo you have seen.
Comments
One of the real thrills about Flickr
is getting a comment.
On Flickr, only members can
comment on a photo (On
another site called Photobucket
you can invite non-members to
comment)
This could be a superb way of
evaluating students work, but
I’m not sure the students in my
school are old enough to have a
Flickr account of their own.
Some of the photos on the main
Flickr site might not be suitable
for children to view.