I like the idea of being able to do even more with my photos on Flickr however I am not quite comfortable with using the mashups. As I explored them, it was confusing at times to figure out how to use some of them and I would never have discovered these tools on my own. It would be nice if Flickr had links to some of these tools. I realize that may take away some of Flickr's business but hey, can you put a price on creativity?
I don't know how I would incorporate the Flickr mashups into my teaching. I suspect the students, who are much more technologically savvy, would be able to think of a variety of uses for them but I am lost at the moment. I think a paraphrase of a comment posted at one of the mashups sums it up for me- is this a useful tool, or just a toy? Right now I see it as a toy, but I am sure that with the way the world and education is changing, I will soon be proven wrong.
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I think the value of mashups will be realized when anyone with a minor amount of training can make their own mashup with data that is useful to him/her. We are close to that point now but not quite there.
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http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/
I can see students enhancing their projects using Spell with Flickr or one of the tools from BigHugeLabs. I can also see students upload their own photos and apply a mashup for the poetry project you have done in the past.
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