This is awesome! I could spend hours on these sites, creating fun images and activities.
Hello? How cool is it that you can create puzzles from any of your pictures? You can take a picture of your face and make it a puzzle. Now that is awesome!
It is amazing to me that technology exists that allows you to manipulate photos like this. There are many applications to Flickr like I mentioned in my Thing 7 post. With the photo journaling, you could extend the project to a month or even an entire year. Students could upload photos from their week: just regular photos they took, or mashups that reflect their mood and perspective on life. They could then have a written journal, describing the photos and why they decided to include them in their photo diary. This would be a good way to assess students writing skills and also to encourage students to become more reflective. Also, teachers could utilize the mashup tools to decorate their classrooms or powerpoints or really anything! Flickr is a great tool that students and teachers alike will love exploring and using inside the classroom and beyond.
I think that sharing photos on the internet can be a fun way to stay connected, and also to forge relationships with people who have common interests. However, students need to be aware that certain etiquette is expected, such as: no profanity, no vulgarity, etc. Also, if you post your photos as public domain and don't have a watermark or something on them, people can (and probably will) take your photos and pass them off as their own. It is important to safeguard your photos. There is no problem with sharing them with others, however, you did all the work, so you should receive some credit.
KBearden:]
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