I had heard a little about Flickr from friends and have seen
a couple albums of their family pictures.
I always just thought it was another one of these photo share sites like
Kodak or shutterfly where you can upload pictures and have them printed or send
albums to friends to view and buy pictures.
After reading Chapter 7, I was pleasantly surprised at some of the
features it has and how it can be used in education. For example, being able to post pictures, share
with people across the globe, and have discussions about them is amazing. As Richardson puts it, it is truly a
"social software" where the contributors interact and share and learn
from each other in creative and interesting ways. Being able to share what your students are
doing in class with their friends and family anywhere would be great. I can also see how it is also a powerful tool
for amateur photojournalists. The story
about all the images collected from Hurricane Katrina was amazing as well. Being able to alter the privacy settings to
whomever you want to view is very important as well, especially when used in
the classroom. I liked what Richardson
says in Chapter 8 about podcasts and how they could help record parts of class
that kids could go back and study or even hear for the first time if they had
to miss class. I could see myself using
this for projects and such that we do in my classroom.
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