Flickr is popular web based photo sharing tool and was one of the earlier applications to be referred to as part of “Web 2.0.” Flickr allows users to upload photos to the web where they can be shared with friends or the Internet at large. If you have any interest in locating images, having your students collaborate with images, or sharing your own images, Flickr might be for you.
(from the March 2007 Emerging Technologies and Pie Presentation)
Del.icio.us, Flickr, YouTube, and similar services, allow users to store their collections (of bookmarks, photos, videos, etc.) online. These files can be shared with individuals, groups, or the world. Each item can also be tagged with keywords supplied by the poster (or other users). This “folksonomy” is more casual than library indexing, and can be the source of interesting connections, or frustration. Such sites can provide an easy way to post and comment on course work, or can be an environment to look at what is being posted and tagged by the society at large.
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