I love whales and have always been fascinated by them. I am a complete Animal Planet/Discovery Channel/National Geographic geek. I love watching shows about the ocean and the animals that inhabit them, especially whales. My biggest dream is that before I die I get the opportunity to go whale watching in Alaska. It's a bit far off right now because for that to happen I have to overcome two of my biggest fears: flying in an airplane and being out in the open ocean.
I searched around on Flickr for quite a while, looking at pictures of everything from flowers to landscapes to basically anything involving nature. One thing I really liked about the site, as opposed to just using a search engine to find pictures, is that while searching for a good whale picture that I wanted to use I came across a lot of professional photography pages. These are people who actually went out and photographed these animals and did not just photoshop or copy/paste the images on their page. That makes it so much more authentic and credible. I think teachers could find a lot of uses for Flickr, using pictures from the site to lend a real world touch to enhance their lesson.
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43039595@N02/4933463522/in/gallery-gettyimagesloves-72157627987809903/
Site: Frozen Planet
I have to admit that I, myself am a bit of an Animal Planet geek. I love Whale Wars and River Monsters. River Monsters is probably why I am a little leery of rivers, lakes, and/or oceans.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you about Flickr it is a great resource to find images of a higher quality than those on a google image search. I think it could be a great addition for the classroom. I am an art major so for me the students could create a photo dairy which would be something they could keep forever.