Thing 8: Using Flickr to Create Educational Tools

So here is another picture of my beautiful puppy dog!

My creation
Originally uploaded by mbarczak

I find creating things with Flickr to be pretty easy.  And there are a lot of ways I can imagine using these tools in the classroom.  There is a reason that every preschool class I have ever been in has puzzles.  Puzzles are great for building problem solving skills and teaching students to manipulate objects to get a desired outcome. 

One of the tools that I think would be incredibly useful is Mappr.  Imagine using it in a history classroom.  You could use the map to give students a better idea of where events took place.  I think this would be a wonderful tool to help students understand the importance of historical events by making them appear closer to them.  Or you could use it in math class to show real world applications for the problems that you are working on.