This photo was taken by Keven Law and according to the Creative Commons was available to share with attribution. Photo found:
I chose the Tiger because that is the school mascot where I teach. I am planning to lead the students through putting together a school newspaper called "Tiger Times" as a year-end project and was looking for images they could use. I am planning to web publish the newspaper.
I found it a challenge to get the URL into blogger to use this picture, but otherwise did not have problems finding an image I liked. It was frustrating to find some really cool images that were not for public use and sharing. There are some really talented photographers out there. They inspire me to get out and take some pictures when the world is green and pretty again.
I will use Flickr to help my students find images for the newspaper and also as a commons to publish the school pictures we plan to use in the newspaper. This will be a great tool to use as a place to put all the pictures the students have taken over their years at their school. They can then select the pictures they want to publish in the newspaper.
I do not think I would use Flickr for personal use as I am very private and still leary of putting myself out there on the web, but I believe with the right privacy restrictions there can be some great classroom applications here.
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