Holy cow! Since I have never used Flickr, I never knew about all these mashup tools that you can use to explore and create. It is actually really cool. I chose the word "Special" because I think every child in education needs to know that they are special and wonderful. I also explored the Colr Pickr which was really neat. You choose a color from a color wheel and it selects about 11 pictures from Flickr that are that color or have that color in it. Then you are able to click on each picture individually and see the Flickr in which it comes from.
This would be a fun tool for kids to use because you could create a project where they have to spell out their names or each child is given a color and they have to find and source where they got all the pictures from. It seems as thought there are endless activities for nearly every subject that you could use these tools. As a teacher, you can use these tools as a neat way to decorate documents or even your classroom.
I touch on the photo sharing topic in my previous post but I believe that as long as you as an individual have nothing to hide and stay appropriate, sharing photos online can be fun and create a wonderful sense of community. You can find others who love and appreciate that same things you do, like movies, art, or food. Then share your experiences through photos. However, people often do not know where to draw the line and as teachers, we need to stay professional and respectable.
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