Before reading this chapter in Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts I have had only limited knowledge about the workings of Flickr. Previously I only thought it was another place just to share photos with families and friends and didn’t know that it was as interactive as the book described it to be. One of the cool aspects of Flickr that I liked is the tagging function. I think that definitely has use in the classroom, I could see how that could see how that could be used to either have students make comments on a photo or you could use that to direct students to an aspect that you feel it is important to learn. Another aspect that the book described that I thought was neat was using Flickr with Google Earth to look at changes over time from photos in the same spot. I think that definitely could have application in a social studies or science class. Other than those aspects I really struggle to see how I could use Flickr in the classroom. It has some really interesting features, but I am not sure how I would personally adapt for use in a class. Right now I could see using it as a resource for finding neat images to use in class to illustrate points of my lesson or I having students use it in some sort of project. I think again that this is something that I would have to play with a lot before using in a classroom and would have to get very comfortable with. I would be interested to see some additional applications of its use, especially in a science class setting to see what kind of ideas could work for my content area.
I think that with the new thinking from reading this chapter I will probably at least check out Flickr and see what it has to offer. I do have a friend who uses it so I could possibly have him giving me the finer points of its workings. In my future teaching, at this point, I could see myself using it as an additional resource for finding images for myself and for my students to use, but until I am more comfortable with it I am not sure how much I would use it.
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