Thing #12

I chose to look look at Picasa (I have used the program but had never actually set up the web part). The picasa album is very similar in what it does to Flickr. In Blogger, users also have the ability to set up a slideshow to show off their Picasa albums. With including the software from picasa onto your computer it gives you the ability to edit the images. http://picasaweb.google.com/displacedtourist

The second application I chose is the google calender, I attempted to share the calender and while it allowed me to do so I was unable to get a URL (even with following the instructions from google help. I have added this link in the hope that you can see it http://www.google.com/calendar/render?gsessionid=NK3Ab72SrYhIYpCzddMSww

Both applications i think have their uses in an educational setting. The calender is a useful tool to allow students to be able to keep track of important dates for their classes or for teachers to be updated of what is going on in their schools.

Picasa could be used for class projects. With this repository available students have the ability to upload and share what they have photographed. Using the other tools available they can also manipulate their images as required.