Session 6 Using Flickr and beyond

Session 6 Using flickr
I had heard of flickr www.flickr.com but had not actually used it myself. It is reasonably easy to create an account and to use as a vehicle for managing photos. It has great potential as a social manner of sharing images and based on this may be a program that is already utilised by students, which can make it an easy tool to incorporate in a learning environment.
From a Creative Art and Technology type of perspective I can see that it has scope to be used in the classroom, it could be an effective way of working with digital images for students who can upload their own images and possibly share images of their peers. Another process could be to have the teacher upload a range of images from their own resources which could also be used.
The techniques of labelling images and incorporating notes or questions that students could investigate. also students could complete activities themselves notating images, developing questions and similar.
www.creativecommons.org

Week 5 Module 5 Creating and Collaborating online

Web 2.0 presentation example on Prezi

Here are two examples of online creations http://www.bubbl.us/ and  http://www.prezi.com/  that we have looked at through this session. I am very interested in the practical applications of each of these in the classroom and can see significant potential for both of them.
I commenced using each of these during our session and had attempted to upload them onto my blog (which I did successfully incidently!) BUT when I tried to look into them later I discovered some problems, which were user errors on my behalf using Blogger!!! I think I have refined my skills somewhat and now I have a greater idea of what I am doing on Blogger...YAY!
I like the way that http://www.bubbl.us/ provides an instant way of creating online brainstorming/mind-maps for a whole class group that may be directed by the teacher, a student, or a group and that can also be linked /saved or printed immediately. From my perspective, working with students of varying needs, it is a way of easily capturing the information for them and ensuring that they get the most from discussions in class.
We also looked at http://www.edu.glogster.com/ as a multi media online presentation tool, while it has many clever features it looks clumsy to use.
Looking at http://www.prezi.com/,  a presentation program, in a sense it is like creating a large piece of butchers paper full  of information that can then be linked with paths to go from one idea to the next. I quite liked this concept and found it relatively easy to use. I would like to experiment further with this application as I feel it would be a useful and easy tool for students to use as apresentation format.
I found this session very useful, full of potential and I look forward to using these tools further.

Session 4/Module 4 Podcasts

This module introduced us to the use of pod-casts, pod-casting. and youTube  Having used these before and downloading podcasts meant I knew what we were doing/looking at so the process was easy
From my perspective I can see the benefits of using existing podcasts and youTube as a tool in the classroom environment. Using them needs to be a well directed concept as the wealth of  information available could provide too much temptation of too many options