I've never used or even heard of flickr until now but can honestly say that I really enjoyed my experience using it. At first I was a little confused with understanding what "sets" meant and figuring out how to post to my blogger account but quickly figured it out.
I really liked how this site links up with other popular sites such as Facebook, twitter and blogger, which made posting very simple once I realized all I had to do was click on share and then the blogger button. I LOVED the fact that I could even login using my gmail so I didn't have to go through the hassle of creating a new account.
Looking through other peoples sets I was amazed by how clear and beautiful they all were and wondered why mine weren't as vibrant when I uploaded them. It wasn't until I played around a little on the site and saw a classmate adding creative elements to her pictures that I realized there was an EDIT button! Once I saw all the ways you could manipulate the pictures such as applying filters and adding stickers, I was very surprised that the site was absolutely free! I can see using this site for younger kids as a modified show and tell activity, but for high school I am struggling to see the true academic benefit of the site. It would be a great site to use for an art class, not so much an English class...
Other than I guess Facebook I don't use any photo hosting services and even then I usually don't upload photos but are rather tagged by friends. I don't really like the idea of sharing my photos with the public so if I ever chose to use flickr again I would most likely change the privacy settings.
I really liked how this site links up with other popular sites such as Facebook, twitter and blogger, which made posting very simple once I realized all I had to do was click on share and then the blogger button. I LOVED the fact that I could even login using my gmail so I didn't have to go through the hassle of creating a new account.
Looking through other peoples sets I was amazed by how clear and beautiful they all were and wondered why mine weren't as vibrant when I uploaded them. It wasn't until I played around a little on the site and saw a classmate adding creative elements to her pictures that I realized there was an EDIT button! Once I saw all the ways you could manipulate the pictures such as applying filters and adding stickers, I was very surprised that the site was absolutely free! I can see using this site for younger kids as a modified show and tell activity, but for high school I am struggling to see the true academic benefit of the site. It would be a great site to use for an art class, not so much an English class...
Other than I guess Facebook I don't use any photo hosting services and even then I usually don't upload photos but are rather tagged by friends. I don't really like the idea of sharing my photos with the public so if I ever chose to use flickr again I would most likely change the privacy settings.
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