Photobucket

Lesson 7 - Photobucket

Today we are going to try a new Web 2.0 web site.

Photobucket

1.     Go to this web site. http://photobucket.com/

2.     In the upper right hand corner click on Sign up.

3.     Fill out the information. Make sure to write down your username and password.

4.     We can explore a little for now, but if you want to we can upload our photos and do more with this site.

5.     Click on Explore on the top blue menu bar.

6.     There you can see different kinds of photos, or you can click on any of the options underneath the blue menu bar like: Top categories, etc.

7.     Look at some photos and post at least three comments on photos that you like.

8.     You can do this by clicking on the photo and simply adding a comment underneath the photo.

9.     At the end of class go to your blog and create a post titled: Photobucket. Answer these questions.

a.     Was this an interesting site?

b.     Besides posting comments can you think of other ways you can use this site to improve your English.

c.      Would you like to use this site again in class?

10. Post links to the photos that you commented on.

Photobucket Story

1.     Choose one photo that you really like.

2.     Create a new post and title it: Photobucket Story.

3.     Then create story about this photo. Image there is a story behind this picture. It can be anything you want. It can be as long as you like, but it needs to be at least three paragraphs.  It should be well written and proofread.

4.     Post a link to this picture.

5.     After you are finished then post replies to your classmate’s posts in their blogs on Photobucket Story.