Thing #7

For this assignment I chose option #2. The photo that I uploaded was a shot of the St. Louis Arch taken from inside the car on our way into the city for family vacation. Everyone was asleep until they heard someone say something about the Arch, then they sprang up.
I found Flickr to be a very interesting program. It was very easy to use. The step by step tutorial was very helpful. I would probably use Flickr more for personal use to share photos with friends and family. I like the way that you can send pictures to Facebook or other sites or even send them to your blog. I love to go to new places so I will try to master the "map out your vacation" feature. That way I can share them with family and the kids can see exactly where we were. I could'nt master the feature because I spent a lot of time looking through the galleries. My favorites were the "Portraits" and the "still life".
As far as using Flickr in schools and libraries the "Current Events"
to veiw the official NASA Goddard Space Flight Center or the White House photostream. This is the one that interests me because I plan to teach History. The "places" feature would be helpful also because I could show students the exact places we are discussing.