Thing 8

When commenting on other blogs, I noticed a few that contained some cool pictures. I thought these images were fun and exciting. Before this post, I had no idea what many of the web tools out there were. After reading and exploring some of the tools, I realized that the cool pictures were created with Spell with Flickr. This tool allows you to spell out anything with pictures/images that are found on Flickr. The tool was extremely easy to use. All you do is simply type what you want to spell into the box and click "Spell". There was two different size options, I prefer the bigger one because it allows you to see the images better. At the very bottom it had the URL link you would need to upload your image onto the web. I believe that some of the Flickr mashups could be useful in classroom for various things. For younger classrooms, the Spell with Flickr could be used to make labels for things around the room. These labels would make it fun and possibly easier for the children to read. Flickr Color Pickr could be used to gather color images for your lesson plans. These images can not only teach the children different colors, but also it can teach them about the different thing within the pictures. Mappr would be useful tool in many classes. This tool could be used in Social Studies, Music, English, Science, Art, and Reading. This map tool would allow teachers to gather pictures and put them on a map so children can visually see where the places are located that they are talking about or where things come from. For example, in music and art, the teacher could put pictures of the artists or pieces of artwork on the located of where they are from. The other mashup tools I explored, I do not feel are very beneficial to the classroom.

As far as sharing photos online, I believe that is a personal preference. Many people have Facebook these days or some other sort of media account. With this, it allows you and almost entices you to post pictures. While I do share some photos online, I do not share many. I select which ones I want to and there is a reason for the ones I choose. I believe that as long as the pictures are appropriate, why not share them if you want to.