Yahoo is certainly attempting to rival Microsoft in its variety of services. It has staved off two takeover bids by Microsoft this year. Flickr is a great photo web-sharing and blog site. It certainly bears the marks of a Web 2.0 entity. Flickr has several application sites that enhance the digital photography enthusiast.
I used the slideshow feature at BigHugeLabs to create a series of some of my better portraits. I selected a set of photos from my account and edited it to create the following slide show.
Using the Mosaic production tool, I created a mosaic of flora. All photos were taken in either Tennessee or Kentucky by me within the past year. I took several photos at Patties 1880s Settlement in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. Another group of photos were taken at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The two photos in the bottom left row were taken in the Austin Peay greenhouse in the Sundquist Science Center. I called the phone number posted by the entrance of the greenhouse and told the professor that I was a grad student. She allowed me to spend about one hour in the greenhouse. The single blooming lily pad is in the pond in my front yard, the group of lily pads was at a museum near Louisville, Kentucky. I captured the two bottom right photos in the early morning in my back yard after a heavy frost.
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I also created a photo jigsaw using a cloud formation photographed about one-half hour before sunset in the rear parking lot at work, Draughons Junior College, Clarksville, Tennessee. The photo jigsaw puzzle can be viewed by scrolling down to the bottom of the web page.
Mashups do provide creative imagery to help focus student attention to the topic being presented. As a writing instructor, I can use Flickr photos and mosaics to stimulate student thinking and assign descriptive writing assignments. I believe that there are numerous training and educational opportunities that can be used in the new School 2.0.
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