Flickr

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Flickr offers a platform for people to communicate with others by sharing photos, leaving comments to others’ photos, and engaging in discussions about some topics. People can add titles and descriptions to their photos, which may lead to conversations with others. If someone feel interested in our photos, they may leave a comment on our descriptions, and then engage in conversations with us.

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Possible Uses for Web 2.0 Instruction
Flickr groups are a great way to share photos, post comments, and hold discussions around a common theme. I think teachers can use Flickr to share interesting photos with their students through a group page. These interesting photos may help students develop a better understanding of learning contents, or teachers’ life and work via the discussion platform. For example, when a teacher talks about how to design nice PowerPoint slides, he can He or she can use Flickr to share lots of well-designed PowerPoints slides by others. In class, it’s impossible for the teacher and students to talk about every well-designed PowerPoints slides. So the teacher can extend conversations about the merits and drawbacks about every PowerPoint slides shared on Flickr. In addition to sharing photos for learning purpose, the teacher can share interesting photos to express their teaching philosophy. For example, he may find an interesting cartoon online, and then share with his students. Students will know better about the teacher’s abstract teaching philosophy by the cartoon. Even though sharing personal pictures are not so related to teacher, it can strengthen the relationship between the teacher and his students. Web 2.0 instruction emphasizes on social network and relationship. Only when the teacher and students build good relationship with each other, they can be able to engage in deep conversations.

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