Flikr is another example of social software where
contributors share, interact and learn from each other, in this case
pictorially. From an educational
standpoint, images of daily events, videos, and highlights could be posted. These could be shared with parents, community
and colleagues. Examples of these images
might include field trips, speakers, visitors, special projects, and
celebrating the good work students do every day.
Flickr is free up to a maximum of 500 images per month. It will be deleted after 90 days of
inactivity All editing must be done
before uploading (you can use http://picnik.com to edit.) Pictures are easily organized into albums and
slideshows. You can limit access to "Family and friends" so you have
control over privacy to a certain extent.
Pictures can be annotated by the teacher or, alternatively, the teacher
can ask students to annotate what they see.
An online discussion can be started by adding comments to any
photo. These comments can be tracked
easily with an RSS feed.
Images can be used to connect with people from around the
world. Photos can be tagged (to connect
with other people's photos that have the same or similar tags.) A teacher can create presentations and slide
shows, create virtual field trips, document school work, and, as always, teach
about social software. Another interesting possibility that I would use is
connecting to http://googlemaps.com and/or http://gooogleearth.com.
The class can paste their own images to various places on these maps. This would put a "name to a face"
and give students a geographical connection to the content.
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