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The moment I linked to the Flickr home page and saw the gorgeous photos posted, I was hooked. I think I will have as much fun exploring other people's interesting pictures as I will uploading mine. I was impressed with the editing capabilities of Flickr. I uploaded some pictures that I took in Philadelphia. Once I fixed the colors and saturation, I was in awe at my photographic capabilities. ;) I am still a little wary about opening my photos to the public but I am excited to continue using this program to share my photos with my family and friends.

Although Delicious is an interesting idea, it wasn't very appealing to me at first because I don't really use bookmarks. However, I found an article on using Delicious for educational purposes. It mentioned that Delicious can be used for research. Once I started searching the tabs available, I saw how useful this could be for school. I looked up a research topic for a class and the most popular/user-friendly pages came up. I don't think I will use this very much as a social tool, but it is appealing to have such a useful research tool on hand. It also is appealing to have a reserve of my bookmarks on the web away from my desktop so I can use them at any computer.

I found a very good idea for using Flickr in the classroom. I am currently a Spanish teacher at the MTC and I have taught ESL to Spanish speakers in the past. When teaching people with different language backgrounds, using pictures instead of words is sometimes the only way to communicate information. The website I found shows that using Flickr photos in a sequence to tell a story is an effective way to teach. It is true! I found myself enthralled with the mini-stories introduced on this page and the lessons attached stuck with me. Check it out for some creative ideas: visual stories.