After reading chapter 7, I am intrigued at all the possibilities for instruction and curriculum emersion for my students. Considering that we are making huge pushes to differentiate our instruction so that our differentiated students can benefit from our instruction, the incorporation of a picture based application is appealing. Flickr opens doors for students who are visual learners and to whom aesthetics are appealing.
I like the idea of connecting with people from around the world through the use of Flickr as well as the idea of using Geobloggers to learn more about their origins from pictures that have been uploaded. I also hope that the pictures that we are all taking on Sunday can be used in Flickr or some other similar web2.0 medium.
:-) The possibilities are endless - I'm curious to see the photos! Will you lead the way on Geobloggers?
ReplyDeleteLike you, I really like the idea of using Flickr for educational purposes! Did you play around with it much. I get nervous and then don't try the techy stuff.
ReplyDeleteI agree we should use the pictures we took on Sunday w/ Flickr. Did you create an account or do you have one already?
I am really liking this book - it seems very specific and user friendly! I will not be reselling this one! :)
I'm with ya there, Jen. I always thought Flickr was just a place to store photos as well. I had no idea it could be so useful in the classroom. That's a great point about differentiating instruction--I could see Flickr having great applications in students' reading responses. An activity combining Flickr and research would definitely place these kinds of learners in a position of power.
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