Another week, another module! This week was all about the site Flickr. After evetually finding a laptop that worked and moved at a reasonable pace, I was able to get on to this site. It's essentially a site to share your photos with others, but also can be used to find suitable pictures for your own use. Since I have an upcoming trip to New York, I thought I'd look for a photo of Broadway and was pleased with the results that came back. 
The second half of our morning was spent looking at youtube. I am very familiar with youtube and have found some excellent videos on the site for educational and entertaining purposes. Recently, my grade partner and I have found some great clips of fairytales which we have been able to share with our class on our smartboards. We have also uploaded these clips to our myclasses page so our students can enjoy these stories at home too. Again with youtube, you have to be careful when searching for clips as they are not always suitable for children.
Sorry for the 'technical difficulties' Melissa...hopefully you'll get through the rest of the course without too many problems. Glad to see you retain a healthy caution when working with these Web 2.0 apps...it is so easy for students to come across inappropriate material.
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