I have seen the Flickr logo everywhere
but I never knew exactly what it was and how it worked. After watching the video, I decided I would
dive in and see exactly what Flickr is about.
I looked through the creative commons and Flickr commons and didn’t find
a large variety of photos. The creative
commons had more to offer than the Flickr commons but it still did not have enough
diversity for my liking. Flickr also did
not seem very user friend. I was not impressed with this application and I
don’t think I would carry it over into my classroom.
YouTube on the other hand, can benefit
classroom instruction especially in a high school journalism courses. YouTube is comprised of endless videos about
various different topics….you name it, you can find it. Say you want to find a video about tracking
and finding Big Foot, I bet you can find thousands on YouTube. Journalism students can record news segments
or personal interest stories and post them on YouTube for the entire school population
to view. Preparing and recording news
segments will help journalism students develop several skills such as: news
gathering, writing news segments, operating a camera, controlling lighting and
sound, speaking on camera, editing, and downloading final projects to YouTube. It takes several people to write, produce, and
record a segment and YouTube videos will allow students to get the overall
experience. I will also give every
student the opportunity to work on different aspects of preparing a news
segment. I want each student to get the chance
to research stories, gather news, write stories, use technology to record and
edit stories, and deliver a news segments.
I will also ask student to critique and provide feedback to their
classmates. This type of interactive
learning will allow students to becoming better journalists.
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