Week 3 Thing 6: Flickr fun, mashups, and 3rd party sites

Taking a more in-depth look at Flickr reveals some other tools that can be used at the site. However, for maintaining and publishing my personal photos I prefer using iPhoto. iPhoto has a very user-friendly interface and allows you to make slideshows of your photos. Flickr still looks like a good forum for public sharing of photos, I only see myself using it for professional photos, not personal ones. Although I found the curriculum connections for this "Thing" interesting, I would be more inclined to use a different program (Microsoft Publisher) in the classroom than using Flickr.
Out of the extras on the site that I looked at the one that I thought I might use again was the Flickr Color Pickr. Students may find it useful to lookup pictures that fit the parameters of a particular school assignment.

Week 3 Thing 5: Flickr

Flickr was an interesting sit to check out. I liked seeing the photos posted by others in the School Library Learning 2.0 program. Many of the libraries are beautiful and show creative displays. I also liked looking at other library pictures that weren't tagged as part of the program.

One of the pictures that I really like is from rettberg_cathy's photostream. I'm impressed by the architectural elements and how spacious the library seems. Although, if I worked there I'd probably want to stare out the windows all day. I wonder if they've ever filled up all the cubby holes on that wall with books? How many books does it take to fill a wall...?