Thing 6: Flickr API--Montager

I had fun dreaming up tags ("keywords" in library land) to see what I'd get for montage images. A few of my tags were adjectives like deadly and devious (this from the website, deviousgelatin, that does Montager); my name, my husband's; units that classes are studying (ancient china, ancient rome). You name it, there's a tag and an image. 

I tried tags with and without the terms enclosed by quotes--doesn't seem to matter. I also clicked on specific thumbnail images (the "tiles," or mosaics, of the montage) to get the context of the tag. Seeing an image's other tags and its maker, and comments about it, provided some background on the image.

Of course, a really fun thing is to run the mouse across the tiles of the montage, right to left, so that each thumbnail enlarges in turn, then diminishes as the mouse moves on to the next thumbnail. I discovered this the first time I was on Montager. Its default tag is faces. I run my mouse across the tiles, enlarging each as I go. Faces jump into view. It is an animation. All kinds of human and dog faces. Most are photographs, some are drawn. 

Another feature of Montager is that the montage created by all the tiles is in the configuration and colors of the top left image. It's like a Chuck Close portrait!

How could I use this for kids?