Flickr

Here are my thoughts about Flickr and all that it has to offer: Anything having to do with playing with the pictures I have taken is always a great deal of fun for me. I also like the fact that you can access pictures easily to enhance a presentation. My frustration with all that Flickr has to offer is that it is a bit overwhelming (so much and where do you begin). You really could spend all summer (or all year) playing with all of the options. Needless to say, I have spent about 2 hours on three of the toys (trading cards, maps, & slideshows). My other frustration is that I wanted to share it with you and haven't been able to figure it out (YET!). I think Flickr will be fun to use with our students. Maybe we can each become an expert with one Flickr tool/toy that we like and teach each other? The one thought I had about classroom use was when I was playing with the maps on Big Huge Labs was that the children could trace their family roots using the maps as a visual. These maps can be used to track their travel or to track the travel of a character in a novel. So much to do and so little time (sigh).