Flickr

The difference I see between Flickr and AP images and clip art is the difference between web 2.0 and web 1.0. As far as I know AP images and clip art don't allow interaction with commenting and asking questions to find out more. Whereas Flickr is interactive and can be used in a classroom privately for students to comment on digital images produced or found by other classmates. The main problem I see with this is that looking at digital images, commenting on them, collaborating etc., has no correlation to achievement tests. So in my literacy coach position next year, I don't think I will be using Flickr. We will be too busy trying to increase reading rate and comprehension of written text, which I think is more important than manipulating pictures. Isn't it interesting how our focus can change based on the position we hold in a school. If I was going to be the teacher-librarian in a school district, I would be more interested in Flickr, but now that I am going to be a literacy coach, I have decided I need to focus on other tools.