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I have always believed that pictures are great instructional tools.
Put a picture in place of a word and what you get is an instant mental connection.
One of the more recommended places to search out images is Flickr.
The large number of images that are hosted by Flickr are a virtual visual treasure.
Of course, that’s not for us, the common folk.
What we are more interested in are what the developers have done with all that code.
Some of it has been turned into better ways to browse for images.
And some into games.
The fact that they are very easy to play is what makes them appealing as teaching aids too.
Here are 10 Flickr based games that are wholesome fun.
Stretch it a bit, and you could get a lot of visual learning out of it too.
Noticings
Do you notice things around you?
Noticings asks you to upload interesting photos to Flickr tagged with the word " noticings'.
Users and their photos are given points on the basis of these uploads.
The photos are imported from Flickr and geotagged.
Or for spotting a lost object somewhere.
Noticings is about noticing interesting things around us and having a bit of fun in the process.
It’s almost as if the game tells us to pause in our every day and smell the roses.
Just like the original Sudoku game, you get a 9x9 grid.
Instead of numbers, you get to use 9 unique images from a column on the left.
The rules of Sudoku still apply.
Also customizable is the image size, and also the difficulty level of the puzzles.
And if you miss the numbers, check out its namesake -Flickr Sudokuwhich uses number pictures instead of digits.
Navigation is using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
Get seven right and you move up a level.
Munch one wrong and you use up a life.
Each time you put in an incorrect letter, a part will be added to the hangman.
When you guess a correct letter, that blank will be filled in.
Choose to play it as a guest or register with a nickname.
Registered players can save their games and their high scores.
you could also choose to play it alone or within a group.
The images are face down and you have to show them using mouse clicks.
The objective is to match each photo with its identical counterpart.
The entire phrase is depicted is a series of images.
But the end result can be eye catching.
Your job is to guess the title and enter it as fast as you might.
you’re free to tap on each letter to get a new letter picture in its place.
AlphaLearnris another similar Flickr mashup that can be used to teach children alphabets in a very easy way.
tap on the alphabets and you get Flickr photos for that letter.
