Flickr, YouTube, don’t reinvent the Wheel
Written on March 31, 2008 by Devon Adams
This week I am working on two things really albeit some of what I saw may sound repetitive, I really am working! 
I know we as educators always knew this, but it sounds kind of funny to say it now: I am not reinventing the wheel. See I am getting paid to develop this course through one of the districts awesome grant opportunities, so when I think of using someone else’s work, I feel like I am being paid to surf Google for good stuff to stick together.
With that said, Liz Davis, a like-minded tech spirit living and working in New England has some things done that I don’t have to do, and the first of these is a Flickr vidcast. I reviewed several Flickr tutorials on youtube and always return to her work (when I can help it) since I feel like there are parts of her that are me, but there … and um, female. So I have asked my English 101 students to watch her Flickr tutorial during Week 2. What did I want in a Flickr vidcast? How to create an account, how to add photos, and how to add notes or annotate the photos. During an identity module, I will have the students empty their wallets/backpacks/purses (they choose) and spread everything out; then they take a photo of the mess, upload it to Flickr, and annotated the whole thing. It’s actually really fun. Here’s one when I use to (God forbid I mention it!) own a PC. (EEeeeek! I said it! Have mercy on my soul!). So here’s Liz’s Flickr video.
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