The Web 2.0 Photo Tools often allow forpeople to share their photos and video online. Special servers that have large streaming functionality and lots of server space allow for, often, unlimited upload of photos and video, the creation of albums, design of photo books, and more. Being able to upload video from a variety of formats to YouTube or one of the other sites that offer free video upload, simplifies it for users to share their work.

Instructors working with photography or video in the classroom can easily assign projects and suggest one of the sites listed below for publishing of the student work. Some sites only offer public access so if the work is to be kept private, read the fine print before signing up.

An example of a photo project could be for students to go out in their environment to capture 'natural' letters, for example, an a-frame in a swing set being the example of an A. Then students could make an online photo album of their photographs.

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Photo sites

Flickr.com
A basic account with flickr is free. Flickr is a basic photo management and sharing application. It allows friends and family to help you organize your photos and video using tags and albums if you allow it. Upload using your desktop, mobile device, or email. Edit and crop, add text or frames to photos, and eventually have them printed at Target if you wish. See photos and videos taken near you. Flickr also allows the use of groups and privacy controls for accessing photos and videos.

Picasa
Picasa is owned by Google. It allows you to organize, edit, create, and share your pictures: Turn photos into movies, collages, and slideshows. Organize and share your pictures as web albums.

Picaboo.com
Picaboo focuses on customers wanting to create memory books and cards out of their digital photographs. Picaboo is much like Shutterfly (see below.) If you plan to have your work printed, it's worth checking for price between the two sites.

Shutterfly.com
Shutterfly offers free unlimited storage of photos. You may view, organize, and share your photos online. Their service is much built upon the design of memory books, cards, calendars, scrap books, etc. These can be designed online and ordered for a very reasonable fee. Ideas for use could be keepsake classroom projects such as yearbooks.

Snapfish
Other than free and safe, unlimited online storing and sharing for active members, Snapfish lets you create and design your own cups, mugs, photo books, cards, gifts, and more using your photos. The producers can then be ordered online. Accounts are available for members 13 years and up.