Ed Tech Talk

Share Your Photos With Flickr

I'm amazed at what this whole Web 2.0 is all about. It's not so much that the Web itself is new and improved, but that our requirements in using it are. Today's Web users wants to "kick it up a notch" by using sites that allow for collaboration.

When I give presentations on Web 2.0, I utilize the Web site www.go2web20.net, which is today's compilation of the latest and greatest Web 2.0 applications.

An example of a collaborative application involves digital photography. With Web 2.0, the old ways of sharing your pictures have changed. At www.flickr.com, for example, you can establish a free account that allows you to post your photos and permit access by a select group of people. Family and friends can now see your latest and greatest shots, comment on your photos or download photos for their own use.

One interesting feature of Flickr is that while you’re setting up your users, who are basically your family and friends, you're also setting up collaboration amongst those users. Your user group can edit photos, create cards and send messages back and forth — all applications that we all did using a desktop resident software package in the past. Now, users can edit and collaborate with photos using Flickr!

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