Thing 7 Flickr

Wow! I signed up for Flickr as part of my 23 things awhile ago. Today I uploaded photos. How cool! First of all it was easy (so easy a caveman could do it :))! Secondly, it's very easy to group, label and tag photos. I'll have to watch the comments, I tend to be wordy. I can see some easy applications for my students. First of all, I could search and collect photos of Spanish-speaking countries' culture and technology. My ethnocentric students think all countries are way behind the U.S. in terms of modern conveniences. Not true and the pictures will prove it! Sometimes they will label photos with vocabulary or captions. They could easily collect photos from Flickr to do this project. The one problem I am concerned about is the ability to find inappropriate photos. I need to think through the supervision of this tool before I turn students loose on it!