Online Photosharing
Online Photosharing permits a user to publish or transfer their digital photos for sharing with others. Both a website and application is necessary to facilitate the upload and display of images. Photosharing online sites provide multiple viewing techniques such as thumbnails, slideshows, and classifying photos into albums with annotations such as captions or tags. Photosharing online is not limited to the web and personal computers but is compatible to use with portable devices such as cell phone cameras with application that can transfer photos as they are taken.
The first Photosharing site originated during the mid 1990’s from services providing online photo finishing. Among the first providers were Webshots, SmugMug, Yahoo!_Photos or Flickr. Each photo sharing service is different, but they all offer upload forms with the ability to browse to images on your own computer, in order to select the images that you would like to share. Photosharing service providers post images to a web site on the Internet except for Picasa, which shares images over the Internet and uses your own computer to host them. There are Photosharing sites that host videos such as Flickr and Youtube.
Although Online Photosharing is convenient and seemingly harmless safeguards should be considered: 1) Unless you took a photo, someone else potentially owns that photo and has the rights to it. Be sure that when you photo share, you do not share a photo that has a copyright unless you have permission to share it. 2) More importantly keep in mind that parents or guardians of minors should always be notified if a photo of their child is to appear in any publication including online publication.
Educators can use Photosharing tools to showcase student's talent. After projects are completed a snapshot of the finished product can be uploaded and saved as apart of a complete portfolio. If students want to catch their work in live action, video footage can be selected verses still image. Flickr service allows you to embed photos in a blog, web site and share them via RSS. It’s a great way to give parents a peek into their student’s school day, school events, and other school related activities. Photos can be emailed to family and friends, or even embedded into other websites. Students that are interested in journalism can also use a mobile phone to capture news and events on the go. The photos can automatically be sent immediately for all to see on the web. Such online social networking tools like Flickr, Youtube, Picasas, and Utterz can be used in a positive, fun, interactive and educational manner. It allows students to showcase their talents, spread news and awareness, and have confident ownership in their academic accomplishments.
When an educator’s teaching activities encompass Online Photosharing the schools of learning used are cognitive, constructivism, and connectivism theories. The learner who is a field-dependent type will appreciate the opportunities having their work shared and exposed to others for criticism and praise. The resulting effects would encourage the learner to improve or sustain their perfected qualities. Collaborative and cooperative learning is encouraged for the learner by utilizing the strengths of other learners and learn from others while working in a group. The learners function in a networked world where they learn at anytime and from anywhere.
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