Flickr is definitely a great picture library, with Flickr Photos you can just type the key words to explore the pictures you need. With such a powerful tool, teachers can do a lot of things. They can use it to create a story for any short stories or poems. I will use Flicker to create short story for my lesson. I can also use it for vocabulary teaching to help the students understand the meaning of the words. The pictures together with audio will help the students to understand the lesson more quickly. For example, in my short digital story-telling, Bookr-The Boy Who Cried Wolf, I try to help the students to understand what happened in the story ; the pictures combined with the words will leave a deep memory in their heads. So when use such a tool, the objective can be understanding the theme of the story based on the audio and pictures.
Teachers can also ask the students to create their own story. The story can be very short poems and simple stories about themselves. Each students can create a story to introduce themselves. They can choose the special pictures in them life and post any important things happened before. Such a lesson can be a great opportunity for teachers to know more about your students as well as let the students be more familiar each other faster. Most of all, it is a great experience for the students to practice their ability in using technology.
As you have mentioned, having the students create books about themselves can give a teacher insight into the lives and interests of his/her students. Knowing more about the students helps a teacher more effectively meet their needs.
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