Instructify

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Of course, some pictures may vary in word count, but the point is essentially that every picture has a story behind it. Flickr users are taking this idea to a whole new level by telling the story behind the pictures from a fictional point of view. They use the tag “Flicktion” to denote the story’s presence, which also categorizes it amongst others of its kind. There some nice love stories and brief encounters on Flickr, but surely what this means is something more than simple amusement.

For a class project, have students write stories based on pictures you assign them, or better yet, have them fill in the stories of the pictures their fellow classmates bring in. This could be a fun project that nurtures creativity and the idea that there is often more happening than what is on the surface. For some examples of how it works, go to Flickr and use “flicktion” as your search tag.–JEREMY S. GRIFFIN

Flicktion