Sunday, November 16, 2008

Thing 11: To Be or Not to Be Flikr'd

Rey Hamlet

Durante el ensayo de "Hamlet, por poner un ejemplo" de la compañía Factoría Teatro de Madrid.
by Julio César (FunKa-Lerele), Flikr

Studying Hamlet right now in British Literature represents a real challenge to my seniors, so I look for as many things to make it real to them as possible. This photo of Hamlet in a wheelchair could provide a lot of interesting dialogue starters.

Both a strength and a weakness of Flikr is the way that each photograph links you to the photographer's entire portfolio. Chances are if you like the photo that you chose to open or use, you will like any number of others he or she has to offer, and you can spend hours perusing just that one site, which equals a huge time consumption--an always present danger while web browsing as it is.

That aside, Flikr offers great possibilities for all kinds of PowerPoint and other presentations for the classroom because virtually any search of any topic I did yielded pertinent photographs. I think people in this world have traveled (and taken photographs) everywhere!!

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