Flickr is so easy! Awesome! After messing with pageflakes I had a lot of trepidation about flickr. I created my own account and uploaded a pic from a snowy day to the apsu23things group. I also uploaded a photo of Zoe and from last Saturday at Jazz on the Lawn. Feel free to talk about how ridiculously funny she is. I never get sick of it ;)
Flickr is really helpful for staying in touch with my in-laws (who seem to expect pics on a daily basis!) and it's much easier to upload them here than on my email account since I have my camera set on a high quality for the best pics. I always exceed my limits!
As far as education is concerned, using flickr strictly for uploading and warehousing photos would be difficult to integrate in the classroom. But, for my artistic students flickr would be a great place from them to upload pics they might create for projects. It would be easy for me to view and leave comments on. I think the extras of flickr, like editing and photo books and such would also come in handy with my students- for example creating an "illustrated" book for a poem. They could do the photo books- take pictures with friends that illustrate the specific lines, and break up the stanzas one on each page. It would definitely force them to think more creatively and would show both their effort and understanding of the work.
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