WEEK 3, Thing #6

Flickr toys are fun! I can definitely see the possible classroom applications. I made a trading card of the 8th graders with a picture from our Ketep Pass field trip. It was pretty easy and could be used to make all kinds of cards with vocab words, and other info. I make flash cards all the time with paper and marker - I don't think using this application would take longer and it would come out neater.

I also like the magazine cover idea for reports or projects. I could make them to introduce units or could have the students make them to summarize what they have learned. The trick is finding computer lab time.

Mappr would be cool for a social studies project and Montagr could be a neat way for picture smart students to show what they have learned in a unit. The poster maker application would be a neat way to display class photos with a class verses - maybe every class could have their own verse each year instead of just the senior class.

I bookmarked bighugelabs.com on my homepage so I could easily get to the flicker toys. I will definitely use them in my classroom.