Have you heard of Flickr? You can do so many things with this great tool. There is a great website with plenty of ideas on how you can utilize Flickr. One that I found that was amazing is to easily upload pictures directly from a website or your desktop computer. These pictures can then be shared with family and friends.
Within a classroom setting, Flickr can be used for many things. Some that are most common would be to create a presentation or a slide show. Students can use it as a remembrance of a field trip or vacation that they took. One of the most useful tools of Flickr is the annotation feature. With this you can add notes to identify or describe an image. To see an example of this tool in action, check out Sophie's presentation.
Flickr might be a good way to introduce your elementary students to the read/write web. You don't have to include names, you could adjust the security settings on your Flickr group to deny access to outsiders, etc. All the while while giving students the opportunity to post comments on the internet.
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