I like this Slide Show idea for personal use or maybe even for teacher/parent/class communications. It would be great to be able to take pictures of a field-trip and then have them accessible for the parents to see on a blog. This application would let the parents feel involved and have a starting point/reference point to talk about the activities with their children. Plus children could have a reference to remind them of the place and what happened while they were there and what they learned. That way they could remember it before they did a journal entry or answered questions about what they saw. It would be a good jumping off point.
It would also be good for the students who were sick that day or didn't come to school, it would let them see a little of the field-trip and have a reference to ask other students about the trip.
The one thing I don't see is the application for this slide show for the students. Why should I teach my students how to make one of these slide shows? All I can see is personal use. I see much more application and educational value for the Comic Poster then this slide show project. What is it that I could assess by using this slide show application?
As I was doing this application of the photos, it took only a few moments. Most of the work is done in flickr: creating the set and ordering the photos the way I wanted. And making comments on the photos so there was some information. The process was not hard and I could easily do it again own my own.
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Thanks for your thoughtful comments and observations. I largely agree that, compared to some of the other technologies that we have been exploring, Flickr Slidr slides shows have a somewhat limited application for some students. Younger students may not be able to go through the steps for embedding a slide show into a blog (although I think middle school and above students could handle it pretty easily). I tend to see it more as a professional tool that teachers can use to post information for parents as you suggest. I think it could also be used for online story starters for writing projects or as reviews of material. It's a wonderful tool for posting a museum tour or similar slide show. Of course, there are other online media that work well for this kind of endeavor. Our task as a teacher is to pick those applications that work best for our students and ourselves.
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