Flickr is an online photo managment and sharing application, where the basic accounts are free of charge. You simply upload photos or videos to the site from your camera or phone using email. Then using the partner product Picnik you can edit the image/s. This site also allows you to organise your photos into sets or collections making them easier to manage and find. I was also pleased that Flickr gives the user some control over the privacy of the images so that you can keep your photos completely private or choose what to share and who to share it with using the "invite only" function. The site also links to Snapfish so you can print or creatively publish your images in a variety of formats.
This would be very useful and stimulating in the classroom. This tool would motivate the students to be more creative in the presentation of their work by uploading photos to it allowing them to be more active in developing visual literacy. I would love to become more proficient with this tool and will attempt to spend time over the coming holidays.
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