I have setup a Flickr account today and uploaded my first photos. I searched for Monty's profile and managed to add him as a contact via the blackboard link to his account. The ease with which photos can be uploaded is impressive and the space that they give you to add descriptions of each photo far exceeds the capacity of social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo. I can see the benefit that using Flickr in a classroom can provide - especially since children are very excited about gathering photos and seeing them put all together. With the free version of Flickr I was only able to create three 'sets' for my photos so my album titles were limited and had to be general. Obviously in a class setting if you are using Flickr regularly with a number of classes you could pay for an upgrade and create a different 'set' for each of the projects and classes you work with. This means that a record/history of the projects your class have researched in easily accessible and can be accessed at a later date for parent/teacher meetings or assemblies.

I shall add more to this blog entry when I have had chance to explore Flickr further.