Image+Q+Finding+Good+Photos

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http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia
 * Finding Images **

What is Flickr?
http://www.flickr.com/tour/

=Finding Creative Commons Images in Flickr=


 * See 50 Web Ways to Tell a Story Guide http://50ways.wikispaces.com/Finding+Flickr+Photos
 * Search in flickr (not easy, must search within licenses) http://flickr.com/creativecommons
 * Compfight (my favorite) • http://compfight.com/
 * Behold • http://www.behold.cc/
 * Photos for Class • http://www.photosforclass.com
 * Simple CC Flickr Search • http://johnjohnston.info/flickrCC/

=Try Compfight http://compfight.com/=
 * Set Option "Creative Commons"
 * Try "Tag" search first
 * Ignore the Shutterstock ($) images above the line
 * Use General to Specific strategy

=The Art of Search= For a more updated approach, see [|the Mozilla Teaching Kit] I made that uses the [|ImageSeek tool]


 * The quest:** Looking for a photo to represent broken web links, or a failed search.

What are words that describe what it looks like (action words, adjectives)?
These search terms did not work out well
 * //broken link •// http://compfight.com/search/broken%20link/1-3-1-1
 * //broken chain// • http://compfight.com/search/broken-chain/1-3-1-1
 * //broken wire// • http://compfight.com/search/broken-wire/1-3-1-1
 * //wires// • http://compfight.com/search/wires/1-3-1-1
 * //wires cut// • http://compfight.com/search/wires-cut/1-3-1-1

But this one did! >
 * //frayed// • http://compfight.com/search/frayed/1-3-1-1

=Indirect Approach - Try actions, places, adjectives=
 * Looking for photos to represent Excitement ? Try Leap
 * Looking for photos to represent Research ? Try Chemistry Lab
 * Looking for photos to represent something that is boring ? try Yawn

=Include a Character=
 * Let's say we are looking for a photo to represent learning**, as an indirect, we might try "reading" as an action word-- but add a character depending on what kind of mood you want to suggest.


 * //child reading// • http://compfight.com/search/child-reading/1-3-1-1
 * //dog reading// • http://compfight.com/search/dog-reading/1-3-1-1
 * //cat reading// • http://compfight.com/search/cat-reading/1-3-1-1
 * //lego reading// • http://compfight.com/search/lego-reading/1-3-1-1

=It's Your Turn=
 * 1) Describe the idea you would like to represent in a visual
 * 2) List keywords that might work for searching
 * 3) Brainstorm other descriptive words that might work
 * 4) Experiment with Compfight.com save URLs for your search attempts and best pictures found
 * 5) Share your results http://bit.ly/imageq-compfight

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