Learning 2.0: Mashup Editors

Okay, seriously, people have way too much time on their hands. Give me a call; you can help me clean my house!

One of the first things we learned about with this lesson is how "creative" types have come up with lots of different ways to find photos on Flickr thanks to mashups. Over at 11 Craziest Ways to Browse Flickr Photos we learned about tools that will let you search for photos on Flickr using song lyrics, RSS, and lots of other crazy ways. The one cool one looked to be the one that let you search by color, which I bet could be useful for someone looking to match colors for a website, etc.

Next, I'm suppose to actually try to create a mashup of my own. Hmm, yikes. I'm going to have to think about this. Stay tuned.....

Update: I surrender! I can not think of a mash-up to create. Seriously.

Learning 2.0: Mashups

One of most interesting, and confusing, web 2.0 tools we learned about was mashups. Mashups are basically taking one tool and combining it with another to create a whole new product..

There are several sites out there that list many mashups. In exploring those sites, I came across one that interested me immediately: Access Denied Map. What this map does is highlight websites that have been banned or blocked and where this happened. It was fascinating to see what sites are being blogged (Blogger and other blogging sites were very common) and where they are being blocked.

I definitely see the potential of mashups in education. The possibility of combining Google Maps and Flickr for an exploration of mountain top removal; LibraryThing and Blogger; the possibilities are endless!