Flickr+-+Photo+Sharing

The information on this page was compiled by John Pearce of Salty Solutions Educational Consultancy and Jess McCulloch.

[|Flickr] is a great source of [|Creative Commons licensed] images that you or your students can use without worrying about breaching copyright. You can find links to some excellent Flickr groups on the links page of this wiki. To help explain Flickr, check out this CommonCraft video on [|Online Video Sharing].

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You can't just take any image off the web and use it in your work. You need to be aware of Creative Commons licencing. Here is a video that explains it:

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Not all images on Flickr are Creative Commons licenced, (many are copyrighted and as a result should not be used without permission which can be sought from the author). The following movie may help you search efficiently for Creative Commons licenced images.

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To find out more about Creative Commons licencing head straight to the Creative Commons Website.

You might also like to check out the [|Using Flickr To Find Images.pdf] notes on searching for Flickr images.

A great search engine specifically for Creative Commons images on Flickr is: @http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net