Thing 7

On a personal note, I really enjoyed learning about Flickr and adding photos!

On a classroom level, Flickr could be used to share photos connected to social studies and science activities. They could explore the photos if a first hand experience is not possible. Another option I liked with Flickr is that photos can be connected to a geographic region, shown on a map. This could be a neat way for students to gain exposure to geography and images that are from that particular region....a cyber field trip of sorts. In a language arts activity, students could also share photos in their own biographies that they have written.

I think safety issues are always a concern when posting anything on the internet. Like Diane said in her post, there's a concern about what images students may be exposed to. If we want to share pictures connected to any of our activities with our students, we could ensure that those are the only images they are seeing. Also, if students post images, for a biography for instance, we could make sure that the images are not public for all to see.