I used Picasa Web Albums to upload the picture (and album) seen at right. Sign up was easy and probably even easier since we now have so many Google tools. I made my photographs from The Virgin Islands public on Picasa and limited my photo selections to those without any people in them---or, those without any person that could be recognized. The process of uploading the photographs was slow. I found something else to do while I waited for that to happen. Okay, so I am a little impatient. The editing tools (Picnik) worked well and were easy to use.(Click on photo to enlarge.)
I also set up a Google Alert. This was very simple; again even more simple because I was signed in to Google at the time. I set up an alert for [Tennessee Standardized Tests] and will receive information on this topic daily via my Google email account. You can check the type of information you would receive before setting up your alert. Deleting an alert was simple as well. I just went to Google alerts, manage account, and deleted the alert I had set up for this blog.
Picasa would be as useful in the classroom as Flickr. There were many beautiful pictures available for students to enjoy and use. The Google Alert would be great for students working on a particular current event or those researching a current topic for a paper or report. It's a great tool for tracking any ongoing situation or topic in which you are interested.
To view more pictures taken in the American Virgin Islands use the following link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/cmcclenathan5/TheVirginIslands#5523201883700569170
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