Flickr

I think Flickr is a very interesting tool. I am not concerned about my photos being public because first off, you can set them as private which is a very nice option. Also, if you are like me, you have a facebook and a myspace account, which has photos of you as well. Flickr, to me, is not much different because in all cases, other people get to see your photos. Also, I have no racy photos out there so I really have nothing to worry about.

In my classroom, I think this tool could be somewhat useful. For instance, if I were talking about height and width or what not, I could maybe show the class some photos of buildings, etc. On the other hand, being a math teacher, flickr really isn't that useful for me. I could however see how it is important for other subject areas. Take art for instance. It gives you a wide variety of different things you could show your students.