Thing #8

SPELL WITH FLICKR Splashr I played with Spell and Splashr on Flickr. My only pet peeve was with Splashr. I loved that I could add and embedded Splashr presentation, however, because of the format of my blog and the inability to adjust the size of the embedded material my Splashr presentation is oversized and makes reading items on my blog difficult. That being said, it is a nice to way to collect images for students to view. When used in conjuction with a creative writing lesson I could search for several different "tags" in Splashr and allow each student to interact with the Splashr presentation and pick a photo to create a story from; or have them pick several photos that must all be included in their story. I LOVE Spell with Flickr. I have "Letter Art" throughout my house. I think its so creative of people to find Letters in uncommon objects, landscapes, and architecture. This app allows you to Spell any word. I used ENGLISH (my subject content). It then creates a mashup from flickr photos to spell the word you searched. I like that you can click on a letter in a word and change the image if you don't like it. Other than to make documents "look pretty" I don't think that I would be using this app as an instructional tool in my future classsroom. As far as posting photos on the web or Flickr; I think its a personal preference especially if and when minors are involved. If the minors are your own children then obviously the decision is yours, but if they are relatives or friends you should ask permission. I post a large amount of photos on Facebook of my family and our vacations and weekend trips; however I constantly check Facebook to make sure my privacy settings are set to Friends Only.