I share with you an excellent way of using Flickr in the classroom which can be applied to our foreign language learning environment (EFL, ELE). I’m really sorry I can’t remember where I happened to find this link. “RSSerendipity”, I guess…as usual.

Tell a story in 5 frames (Visual story telling) at Flickr
Tell a Story in 5 Frames has two important parts.
The first part is creating and telling a story through visual means with only a title to help guide the interpretation. The second part is the response of the group to the visual story.
The group response can take many forms such as, a poetic or prose rendering of the visualization, a critique on the structure of the story, comments on the photograph, or other constructive forms of response.
Telling and enjoying stories should create entertainment for the group as well as offer insight into the universal elements that help create a story for an international audience. The more people who respond, as either story tellers or respondents, the greater the reward for all.

Look at a sample here. The activities that we can design for our language class are numerous.

I consider it ‘excellent’ because it’s 1) transversal (different types of knowledge involved, multliteracies) and 2) scalable (we can adapt the activities derived from digital storytelling to any language level).

More on the use of Flickr (in the EFL classroom): I recommend this discussion @ Aaron P. Campbell’s blog.