I really wasn't too surprised at the ease of setting up the Flickr account and uploading photos. I like the fact that photos can be public, limited public or private. It makes sense to store photos online - I know from first-hand experience. I have had a computer crash and lost photos.:-( For me as a genealogist, this could be a disaster because many of my photos are scans or photos of originals not in my possession! I need to move all of my family history pics online for sure! I also need to move some of the others - my mom's 80th birthday party, my mother-in-law's 90th birthday party, etc.
I have concerns about the types of photos my students might be exposed to. Even though many of them have likely checked out what's on Flickr, I still can't allow possible access to inappropriate photos. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the net-nanny has blocked Flickr images in the past, so I will have to see if it blocks everything from that site, or just certain search criteria.
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Could possibly the site be used to post pictures of projects and field trips? Parents could gain insight in the wonderful learning that takes place.
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely a possibility. I would make these photos viewable only to parents, of course.
ReplyDeleteI have a Benthic Testing session coming up in April where I can use this. My students will help Wayne County Department of the Environment, to predict the health of our stream site located at Brest & McCann. This is accomplished by conducting a "Benthic Census" at the site. I usually take photos, download them to my computer and show them to students in a slide show. But it would be great to share this with parents. So will have to try that.
That is an amazing opportunity. Does the project have a website? Sounds like the students get a lot from the experience :)
ReplyDeleteThe county used to have the individual school test site results online, but I wasn't able to find them when I looked today. I expect a call any time from Sue Thompson, the coordinator at the DOE, to schedule the Spring 2010 "Bug Hunt", and I'll be sure to ask her what happened. Ideas are already hatching about ways I will treat this next field experience differently.
ReplyDeleteGot a web address today for our Benthic Testing Results all the way back to the beginning in 2004. There are a few of the recent hunts that are missing and I contacted Wayne DOE about it. They have promised it will be updated soon. Here is the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.waynecountyonestop.net/mygovt/doe/depts/wqd/wcbmm_program.aspx