Thing #8 - Mashups

To make my image (as seen below) I used the jigsaw creator on the BigHugeLabs mashup application. I took this photo in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the fall of 2012. My fiance and I climbed up to the tallest point on the mountain overlooking Brewer's Bay. I guess I could use mashups in my personal life if I wanted to get more creative with my photography but I don't really see myself delving too deep into the different applications. I'm not very artsy; however, I do think these applications could be used in the classroom.

One application I saw tracked photos that you took on a map, which I thought was pretty neat. This application could even be used in a biology classroom. Students could take pictures of the different flora and fauna in a particular area and map the different species using this application. It would be a great investigation exercise for the students.

In general, I think photo sharing is perfectly fine as long as it is used appropriately. Since regulating the traffic of photos across the web is impossible parents and teachers both have to be mindful of what children may be exposed to on the internet. The internet is a great resource, for better or for worse.