Flickr- I don't know anybody that doesn't like photography, a technology that is becoming more accessible every day. I loved creating something on http://www.bighugelabs.com/!
I think it's wonderful what teachers and students can create in the classroom now. Photos just bring that project to life! Flickr was purchased by Yahoo and I didn't know that. A teacher could post field trips, speakers, visitors, and special projects on flickr, and it would be a great way to share the teaching and learning experience of his/her classroom. The majority, but not all the photos on flickr are appropriate for everyone to see, so we do need to be careful about this site. You can not publish more than 20MB of images a month (100? images). If you do, it will not remain free. I thot that adding images to flickr was easy, but I did learn that you need to edit your photos before uploading. This is a great site for current events - like Katrina. Students can actually "search" for pictures and SEE what happened. I also enjoyed clicking on the "most popular" photos to look at in Flickr. Up until December of 07, I've been filing hard copies in photo albums. Will FLICKR change my mind about how I manage my photos?
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Did you see where you can filter the photostream? You can set your default search criteria to three different levels: safe, moderate, and restricted (which would include anything "out there"). You can also tag your own photos accordingly. Of course, there may always be someone lacking responsibility and posting something inappropriate for all audiences, but it is much better than doing a Google Image search. You know what kind of stuff comes up on that. If I have kids use Flickr for a search, I make sure my filter is set for SAFE.
Nice job with FLICKR. Your nephew is so talented!
Myra: I did not see where you set your default levels. I'll review it again, thank you! I think it is a much better search engine than Google. I have to learn more about tags, and sets too. It's a little time consuming for what I have going on right now! Thank you for always looking on!
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