New York Museums

http://www.flickr.com/photos/upload/

Resolutions: 

Metropolitan and Brooklyn Museums of Art website’s URL, respectively:


http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/crdhome.aspx and http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/collections/

What I would recommend, if done online, for each student to log into the museum websites above, select the pictures they like, download them to their computers in *my pictures*and then upload them into Flickr. It’s a easy 1,2,3, process.

Illustration:

For instance, select the Work of Art Collections on each home page: right click on each picture you like, and copy as (save as) type jpeg into my pictures.  Open up flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/upload/ and Flickr opens directly to your my picture link where you click on each picture and it will upload into Flickr Photo Streamer.  Flickr adds one at a time, without any other copying or pasting, etc.  Once all pictures have been uploaded to Flickr, you can give each picture a reason why you liked it, or just a name description.  In Flickr, you can create a group name, discuss with responses in chat and on a discussion board.  Everyone can upload their pictures from both museums by creating their user name and given it to their teacher.  The teacher can assign the groups and their pictures will follow.         

Another way the teacher can do this, if done F2F, is after the students had interaction with one another in a Flickr forum, she can display the pictures, discussions, and feedbacks on a big overhead, where the students can see their work with teacher participation, discussion, and feedback.  Or, Flickr can be done in the classroom in groups, if they have access to computers.  I think both are inexpensive tools that can be a great learning experience for both teacher and learners. In concluding, as stated, "the desktop personal computer will be the

telecommunication tool for the future" (Simonson, Albright, & Zvacek, p.109. 2009).  And, desktop systems often reduce the need for special high-cost equipment or special networking (Simonson, p.108).  I will consult with the teacher it will be a learner-centered and learner content experience through the use of their threaded discussion board.



Simonson, M, Smaldino, S, Albright, M, & Zvacek, S. (2009). Teaching and learning at a distance: Foundations
       of Distance Education . Boston, MA: Pearson.