I'm not a great photographer, but I truly appreciate how technology today allows us to access photos quick and easily and that the online photo-sharing community is generally open to having anyone view their photos. Going through the image blogs in this section, I was truly impressed.
The student model of Jane Goodall's camp in Africa was amazing. It was great to see all of the positive feedback the picture received as well. What I love about this type of image is that it clearly inspired teachers to incorporate this type of activity into their curriculum based on the comments below it. This image can also be of inspiration to students that have to complete a similar model for a course and do not quite know where to start.
The photos displayed in the plant/animal slideshow are excellent. This type of slideshow can definitely serve as a form of inspiration to educators. This slideshow can just as easily be an assignment for an art class or biology class. These photos were obviously taken with a high quality camera, but students or teachers can still be challenged to experience nature with a goal of capturing the living elements at the stages presented in this slideshow as an assignment. Again, really great photos overall.
The Red Rule image blog was interesting. It has a very simple concept, photos that center on the color red. This could also be a fun challenging project for an art class. The lesson could involve gathering a mix of photos that all relate to a specific theme such as camouflage.
Geotagging has become an important aspect of both scientific fieldwork and wildlife photography. It is the most accurate way to report where a photo was taken whether the photo was for research documentation purposes or just leisure. Creating a site that depicts all geotagged Flickr photos is a great way to expose others to the significance of geotagging, including educators and students.
Moving on to the Fliction images...well, these I actually did not quite understand. Maybe I'm overthinking them or maybe my brain always tries to link everything back to science in some way, but these images seemed a little weird or just plain random. There is the possibility that these images have changed since the course first came up with the lesson that included "fliction," but I am not quite sure what the story here was. That being said, this was a good example of how tagging images can challenge the way we think about our content. Were the photos actually connected in some way that those that tagged them understood and I didn't? Yes, that is definitely a possibility.
The image blog I discovered on my own is "Wildlife Wednesday". The blog has not been updated since November of last year, but I liked the concept. Every Wednesday the publisher uploads photos of specific animals and posts fun facts about them to interpret the images. I thought this blog was well done, and I enjoyed the photos from the postings I opened. All content associated with the photos is well done and definitely relatable to wide audience.
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