Flickr is a photo sharing community in which any individual may add or share pictures with any other user. I found this site VERY easy to use. It took me less than a minute to make an account, and I was immediately able to both search photos and add photos onto the site. I found it very easy to add photos which I was able to edit and add captions to; however it was somewhat difficult to search for photos. Not that the search engine was hard to use, but it was difficult to narrow down your search terms and all uploaded photos found do not exactly relate to the search term that you typed in. For example, although I was able to find the inserted Web 2.0 picture by typing in Web 2.0, but it also pulled up a picture of an individual with her cat. There was a pretty cool search tool in which it would filter appropriate pictures for students. This would be a helpful tool in the classroom. I feel that as an educator you could use this site for students to discover pictures when making a powerpoint or doing a webquest. They would be able to safely navigate the website with directions from the teacher.
Photo retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/careers/2935895182/
Photo retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/careers/2935895182/
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