Week 2, Thing 4, Subject: Flickr photo

I created a Flickr account and loaded a picture of the outside of our school. This is a great way to share photos of a field trip for teachers. Great public site.
See the photo at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacquesclan/3944331855/?addedcomment=1#comment72157622308312245

Week 1, Thing 3, Subject: Permission to Copy

WOW, very interesting. One might believe that any image given on the internet was fair play. I did not realize these images needed permissions. I will certainly use the advance function when searching for images in the future. As a teacher, I will make sure that student are aware of the advance search function. And as a parent, I will teach my kids how to use images appropriately. One question I do have is how do people who post images to the web know how to publish with appropriate approval levels?

The first thought that came to mind for a teacher in wiki was organizing a field trip. For a forward thinking prinicpal, I might even try a wiki for organizing thought about an upcoming meeting. This might be good so that people have time to process an idea before a meeting starts. Definitely, a wiki could be used for a classroom project. very interesting, a bit like text messaging with a document.

Just visited a library wiki site. Interesting use of a book club. Links were in place to comment on different genres of books and what people thought of them.

Just took a visit to a classroom wiki site. What I noticed is that the teacher was able to put restrictions about who can view the particular components of the wiki. For instance there is a video of a class trip and only those invited can view it, thus protecting the privacy of the participants.

Sitting in Web 2.0 training learning how to wiki and google docs. Can't wait to learn more.

Am getting ready to go to COlumbus, OH to obtain training on a new reading program, Read Naturally. It looks to be a good program for reading intervention. A solid fluency program, with comprehension, and progress monitoring pieces. Can't wait to go and learn more about reading intervention.