A Lesson using Flicker

We have just read about Media Literacy and it's importance as a learning to tool and I referenced George Orwell's "1984" and then went on to the assignment about Flickr. While I was researching Lesson plan ideas, it dawned on me that I already have one. What better way to introduce the concept of a Dystopian Soceity and the proganda that creates the soceity by having the student's find images from what Flickr calls "Creative Commons" to illustrate proganda. Students will have to set up a Flickr account. Set up a profile. Create a photo library and tag there photos. Each photo will be required to have a question for the "visitor to answer and comment on. The assessment will be how well the individual understands what proganda is, how well they have illustrated it in their choice, and how well they phrased their questions for comment the others will see. Students will be able to obtain the skills needed for Media Literacy without really knowing that they are. Eacg student will then share there site with the class along with at least two comments from other students. Flickr would be an awesome web 2.0 tool to engage the students and get them prep to read the novel.