Using Flickr was a lot of fun. Flickr was easy to set up and to use. The instructional video was good--but unnecessary as the directions on the web site were easy to understand. In my quest to respect family members' privacy, I faced my biggest obstacle as all my photos seem to have a family member in them. That was easily overcome when I realized the photo subject didn't matter as much as learning how to use Flickr. Therefore, photos of my yard were used.
Flickr could be used in the classroom to store photographs for student use. The teacher could upload the photos at any time to make them available to students. Students would be able to access them during class. The obstacles I see would be how to keep the students on task as it is easy and fun to search for various subjects. Also, if a student started to search, he/she could find inappropriate photographs. Another obstacle could be having a classroom of students searching for the same photographs. Would they all be able to access them at the same time?
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