FlickR

I went a little crazy uploading photo's onto FlickR. I have a weakness and it is photo's ... I can never decide which ones to put on because I love them all.

Honestly, I found Flickr to be less intuitive compared to Facebook and MySpace. At first I thought you could only edit photo's via isolating them from the batch. After I played around with it (created sets, etc.) I discovered that you can edit/delete pictures just by clicking them.

Once I did begin to understand the varying functions in FlickR I realized that it had a lot to offer. The slide show feature is a really nice tool.

As a learning instrument FlickR is a nice idea. I have a friend that teachers for a private school, every year they take a vacation to a new country - this year they are going to Cambodia and Vietnam. When I thought about Flickr as a learning tool, I thought that it would be nice for the class to share their experiences with friends/family as a group.

I also think that art/design instructors can use this type of site so that their students can publish their work. If they make their sites public they might receive feedback which may help them. Even if they keep their sites locked, the gallery mode is a neat concept.

Flickr has a lot to offer for more informal means of learning (in my opinion of course) however, in more formal corporate environment, I haven't really been able to come up with ideas on how it might be used...except for learners to share experiences with each other...perhaps someone will have suggestions for me???

Thanks...