Flickr Mashups...

Flickr this, Flickr that. Is this what my life is coming to? I supposed I did say that I was smitten over Flickr. Not anymore  This is just too much. I think we have a stage 5 clinger on our hands.

Anyway... this time I worked with what we like to call a "mashable". A "mashable" is a combination of Flickr pictures and any other website. The one that I used is called Family Art Studio. It's very similar to Spell with Flickr. I made this cute little thing, spelling my name:

It was pretty simple, but actually seemed like the website was not very well developed. I had a decent time making it, but thought it could have been more advanced. I would, however, use something like this in my classroom to create cute, colorful name tags for lockers, desks, etc. or to make attractive signs for the walls of my classroom. That though, unfortunately, is the only thing I really could find this website useful for.

Sharing photos in general, though, could be very helpful as a teacher. You could easily create a group that was made for teachers that allowed them to all share pictures that they've used in lessons, units, etc. and gave them the ability to use each other for ideas!

Is there more Flickr coming in these assignments? If I meet it one more time, it might call for a break up.

xoxo, k