Image Blogs

A unique way that students and teachers can implement blogs into the classroom is through image blogs. Photos have become an integral part of student's lives and are a great way to introduce topics into the classroom.

One example of how student's were able to effectively use an image blog such as Flickr in the classroom was a with annotated photos describing the image. By adding annotations which reveal information about the image or subject - a simple image can be a teaching tool. Click here for an example http://www.flickr.com/photos/lewiselementary/69461520/.

Another way image blogs can be used is to organize content presented in an image blog by a theme. Themes can help bring relevance to the images. Teachers or students can contribute relevant images based upon a certain theme or topic relevant to their coursework. An example of what a themed image blog can be found here on this photo stream on flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/redrule/.

One thing I personally enjoy is travel photography, to me this is something that I find relevant and I can find meaning in. Similarly, image blogs allow students and teachers to create and share content that is geared toward an instructional goal and does not have to just be haphazard. To view a great travel blog I found check out http://blog.flickr.net/en/2009/11/25/photochrom-travel/