Photo Sharing

I liked this photo because it shows you're never too old to start computing. I think this would be a great image to start a discussion about digital native vs. digital immigrant. I found this photo on Flickr.

I have been using photo sharing through Sam's Club for some time. I also discovered that I already had a Flickr account that came with my internet service. However, I did come to some realizations. Sam's Club deletes photos after a few month's. If I continued to upload to flickr I could have an archive of my photos. I had already decided a few weeks ago that I was no longer going to print photos. Currently I print at Sam's, and burn to a cd. Nobody in the house ever looks at the albums. Everyone grabs the little case of cds and pops one into the computer or DVD player. The bonus is the CD's take up little space.

1. Creativity and Innovation

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:

b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

I would accomplish the above standard by incorporating on of the ideas I saw on another photo website. They had inspirational/motivational photos. Students could take images around the school or classroom and create captions that with photo editing software. You could also create a pictorial vocabulary wall or book using photos from the internet.