Tutorial 3: Flickr Fun, Mashups, & Third Party Sites

Introduction

Like many Web 2.0 sites, Flickr has encouraged people to build their own online applications using images on the site. Through the use of APIs (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and mashups that use Flickr images.

Wikipedia offers articles that explain mashups. Simply stated, mashups are hybrid web applications that take features from one application (like Flickr) and mash it up with another (like a map).

There are many nteresting APIs to explore:

• Mappr: A mashup that takes Flickr images and allows you to paste them on a map
• Flickr Colour Pickr: Find public Flickr photos that match a specific colour
• Montagr: Create a photo mosaics from photos found on Flickr
• Discover more mashups, Web apps, and Flickr tools
  

Explore
Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and available third party tools:

• FD Toys’ Trading Card Maker
• Librarian Trading Card: Many librarians have created their own card

Challenge yourself to create your own trading card or perhaps a movie poster or magazine cover from this Flickr site.

Connect

• Magazine Cover: Using Flickr toys, students could create a magazine cover and headlines for a famous person, historical event, or story character. Example for covers: "Crusade Times," "Heading West," or "Genetics Today."
• Trading Cards: Liven up projects, reports, or other topics. Each students could create a card or student groups could design their own trading card pack. Trading the cards to share recommended books, interesting illustrators, favourite authors, and studied historical figures or dates. The cards could be also used for vocabulary, the periodical table, or foreign language study.

Reflect
Create a blog post about one of the Flickr mashups and available third party tools that intrigues you.