MODULE 4 - Flickr

Much of this unit seems focused on copyright issues. Whilst a very important thing for any academic work, i feel much of this is more suited towards tertiary, rather than secondary, students. It is another program for searching for images, however unlike ‘Google Images’ each of the supplied pictures is approved for public use- some for editing. Beyond the important distinction of approved public copyright, I don’t see too many uses for this program in the classroom. 

MODULE 3 - Google Docs

The concept of an externally saved document was a little hard for me to get used to. For the majority of my time using technology it was ‘gospel’ to save and save often. Making sure there were backup’s was also critical, however those copies of your work had to be kept with you (hard drive, USB, CD, or disk- opps! am I  that old already). Working and saving documents online makes all of that unnessecary. This would be great for someone working in different locations, such as home and work/school. Being able to constantly access all your documents (providing you have an internet connection) is very convenient. 

Collaborative documents seem a good alternative method for group work. By being able to access and edit the SAME document, students can have a greater degree of input and work far more efficiently.

One of the more interesting features is online forms. This could easily lend itself to struc tured homework tasks, revision tests and even easy student surveys. The ease in creating one of these forms is probably the best feature of these documents. Anything which can save time and doesn’t take lengthy tutorials to learn is always good in my opinion.