Canvas

THESE LINKS NO LONGER EXIST* On January 14 2015, founder Christopher Poole announced that the company had been dissolved in December 2014 with the remaining funds being donated to charity Canvas Resources Canvas Blog

Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities
 * A creative way for students to share photos
 * Can create a Private Group for students in a class
 * Graphics and comments can be imposed onto uploaded photos
 * The Beta version requires a Facebook account to authenticate your log-in
 * Some content may not be appropriate in the educational context
 * Open to anyone which may invite privacy and security concerns for students
 * Students could post inappropriate content to each others photos and view inappropriate content others have posted
 * The site is poorly organized and difficult to navigate
 * Encourages creativity and collaboration

Threats
 * Would be difficult for a teacher to monitor students
 * Teachers don't have access to student accounts
 * Site was not created for educational use, has profanity on many page
 * Other photo sharing sites have more controls

External Links: [|Photos to Canvas Tesco]

Classroom Opportunities
 * I currently would not recommend this site for use in the classroom because of the lack of monitoring and security available to teachers and students