Tom Barrett yesterday tweeted a link to another excellent “Interesting Ways” presentation: 28 Interesting Images to use in the Classroom.
This got me thinking about one of my favourite sources of images, the Flickr website, and how many amazing images there are on there. Many of which are able to be used by teachers under a creative commons licence.
One of the great things about Flickr is the social aspect with Flickr groups. Anyone can set up a group on any topic, and people can add relevant images to those groups. Not suprisingly there are lots of groups with images that teachers would find interesting.
So, in addition to the wealth of groups devoted to places around the world, or groups of animals etc, here are some Flickr groups that teachers might find useful :
Atrocious Apostrophe’s – photographs of badly placed apostrophes on signs and other places. Good for “what’s wrong with this picture?” starters.
Bad Maths – dodgy special offers found in stores. Again could use as a “what’s wrong with this picture” starter activity.
In Numerical Order – numbers in the real world. Sequential – no repetition of numbers. Inspire children to find numbers around them.
Images to teach languages – signs in lots of different languages.
Geometric Beauty – lots of shapes for maths lessons
Fractals in Life – again good for looking at shapes and patterns for maths.
Classroom displays – ideas of good classroom displays. Get inspiration from others.
The Physics Classroom Flickr Group – images for physics teachers
Life Sciences Teaching Resource – images for biology teachers
Abstract Faces (and also Found Faces) – some of these would make great story starter images… use as characters etc.
If you have any favourite groups – add themto the comments below!
Enjoy!
Image Credit : Lisa Stevens (@lisibo)
