Flickr and students

I happened to introduced Flickr to my second year students (only those who were interested to learn about it) on Wednesday. Within a day the number of posts in their class blog has dramatically increased. The first ones were without a text, but they received immediate feedback from mates. Later on that same day, the first post with a text and photos was posted.

In his recen post, Aaron writes about a similar experience and says:

I just introduced the students to Flickr for the first time on Tuesday, which has generated noticable intrigue amongst the group. I think the use of photos should be encouraged in student webpublishng projects, for it gives students a non-verbal way to express themselves, which can help to provide support and relief to those who are struggling with communicating soley in text. I look forward to seeing how they choose to work with Flikr over the remaining seven weeks of the semester. Will they continue to use it after the course is finished?

Yes, this is what I am hoping for too.