A Request for Creators of Social Networking Sites

I can’t believe that Miguel and I have the same idea popping around in our heads but glory be, it is so! His post, “eduflicks.org”, made me soar! It’s funny because I was talking to Lani earlier this week about this very same thing. I was bemoaning the fact that publishers were not thinking of students and the use of the great social networking tools in our classrooms. I told her how I wished I had the know-how or connection to create some of these tools. Of course I don’t but it is possible and just thinking about it makes me soar!

If we educators spend time blogging about the fact that we need help and elaborate on what a difference it could make in our schools, that could be the first step! So let’s have at it!

There’s much to think about. I think if Flickr appealed to their users to consider sharing some images with educator tags we would have access to some wonderful pictures. Perhaps even a special license could be created simply for educational use. Maybe we could have tags that started with a capital E and the Flickr folks could set it up so only those tags could be used for searches. We would not want it to be so controlled that it lost its effectiveness. We just would want the inappropriate pictures NOT available. How to do this? What could make it happen? Would it still be free? As I said, lots to think about!

I don’t think we need a poll. We need posts – blog it! Let’s hear it for the kids! Let’s try to get their attention! I just have to believe that some of these smart software publishers will rise to the occasion!

16 Responses to “A Request for Creators of Social Networking Sites”

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  3. Miguel GUhlin Says:

    Anne, why surprised? You didn’t think I was on the opposite side?
    sigh…

    BTW, I changed the name of to “eduflicks.org” after discussion with Dave Jakes. We’re also advocating this. It’s reflected at the TechLearning.com blog entry, but you prob read it before I updated! Keeps us out of copyright infringement or some other nonsense like that.

    Thanks,
    Miguel

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  6. Andrew Pass Says:

    I couldn’t agree more. The best way to get something to happen is to make it happen ourselves, by getting public opinion and a consumer base on our side.

  7. Anne Davis Says:

    Miguel,
    I did not think we were on opposite sides. No sigh necessary….

  8. John Connell: the blog » Blog Archive » Eduflicks, anyone? Says:

    […] In the context of the US tide against the use of social networking sites in schools, an interesting suggestion from Miguel Guhlin on the Tech Learning site (and picked up by Anne Davis as an idea that she has been thinking about too). […]

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