Task 8: Flickr

Welcome to week two of the Technology 2.0 challenge! We're still having more people sign up every day, and that's great! If you haven't started yet (or you're behind in the challenges already) never fear! There's still plenty of time to get caught up and complete the challenge.

Flickr is a photo sharing site that uses profiles, comments, groups and tagging to create a community built around picture sharing. Just like blogs create a community built around your words, and YouTube creates a community built around the videos people have shared. (Beginning to see the pattern here? These tools are all great for helping create a sense of community around a common theme.)

At my personal flickr site (try not to laugh too hard), you can find pictures of my college graduation, my cats, and even the staff Christmas party.

At Michael Stephens' blog, he's written about ten ways we can use flickr in libraries.

Did you know our YA Program has a flickr site? Visit it here to see pictures of some of our past programs, including our Halloween party this year, Pirate Night, and both of our Murder Mystery parties.

Your assignment:

Create your own flickr site. Then upload (when you are logged in, click on the triangle on the "You" tab, and select "upload pictures") some pictures from your own digital camera, or ask to borrow the library's camera. Be sure to take at least one picture of yourself!

Addition:Once you have created your flickr site, share it with the rest of us by going into the "Your Account" page (click on the little triangle on the "You" tab, and go down to "Your Account") and scroll down to "Your Own Flickr Site" in the right hand column. There you should be able to set an easy to remember address that you can give to other people. It will look something like "http://www.flickr.com/photos/your username".

Notice the "tagging" feature. We're going to be doing that ourselves a little bit later!

Good luck! And as always, don't be afraid to ask for help!