TOP TOOLS
Flickr

Flickr is a place where you can store your photos, tag them and share them with others either through a link to the site or by embedding them in your blog or web page.

Comments from those who selected Flickr as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008

• " I have always loved Flickr for sharing photographs, but find the advanced search option of only displaying Creative Commons licensed photos very helpful in creating material for my blog or classes." Britt Wattwood
• "for my mobile on the go shots"  Ignatia/Inge de Waard
• "for CC-licenced content, creative and inspiring groups, plus a way of documenting and storing any significant images included in my blog.-  flickr.com/photos/usher" Ian Usher
• "La perfección en imágenes [Perfection in images]"  Emilio Quintana
• "and all its add-ons and tools. This is a wonderful source of materials for learning and teaching. Images can be saved or accessed in a variety of ways. I find the Creative Commons licensing search to be particularly useful as I look for appropriate images to use in blog posts or presentations which I like to be image rich and text-light. Free or $ for the Pro version."  Kate Foy
• "I upload or link to Flickr photos several times a week. Beyond using Flickr to house traditional photos, I also use it to store presentation slides saved as .jpeg files. Flickr makes interfacing with other slideshow applications, such as VoiceThread, a snap."  Jennifer Maddrell
• "for image storage - used also for uploading from mobile phones and auto publishing to my blog. Also for the map feature to show where photos were taken"  Derek Wenmoth
• "Photo site keeps getting better and better. I have 2,301 photos there and growing every week"  Barry Dahl
• "I'm just beginning to use Flickr, after years of using Photobox, I have found the RSS offered by Flickr to be far more useful. Great for showing images of - whatever. These are used independently or within other pages (blogs, googlepages etc.). The RSS feed can also be employed in microblogging sites like Jaiku."  David Sugden
• "a great tool for storing and sharing images. The geotags utility is especially useful for pin-pointing the exact location you took the photo from, long after you've lost it from your memory."  Charles Jennings
• "If there's a better place to store images I've not found it"  Phil Bradley
• "publish my pictures from my cell phone to the Mobile Flickr version"  Adelina Moura
• "The best website for those who needs to use photos in his work"  Paulo Simões
• "digital photography is so accessible and Flickr is a fantastic resource and a space for group work. Now we can do images can we think outside of the text box?"  Andrew Middleton
• "Sharing photos that I have made as well as seeing what others have created is a great service.  The additional features of creating groups to share with and geotagging the images increases its educational value.  flickr.com/amboe_k"  Kevin Amboe
• " This web-based photo sharing site is awesome for uploading photos to share with friends. I like how you can create different albums and tag photos for easy sorting. I also love snooping through my friend’s albums too! "  Colette Cassinelli
• "It is the resource for clipart, when I create slides. A wonderful resource with many Creative-Commons attributed licences, so you do not infringe copyrights "  Andrea Back
• "the place where I put my portfolio."  Alexandre Bobeda
• "A gold-mine of images to illustrate geographical teaching."  Richard Allaway
• "No doubt the best image hosting and community site out there. Fast, reliable, and easy to use."Adam Kosh
• "another tool I can't live without. The ability to store, share and edit my images on Flickr makes it a core tool and essential for all my work."  Judy O'Connell