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Through discovering this I was able to understand more clearly what a valuable resource Tumblr can be, it allows us to share and promote new texts and ideas and through the use of hashtags allows us to discover some really useful teaching tools and share our experiences and ideas.

When looking up picture books I was very keen to find an amazing Illustrator and I found one! Ovi is an illustrator for many books. I was very attached to her drawings. As much as the text and storyline make the book, how can you have a good picture book without PICTURES!! Love her soft and inviting pictures and even after seeing the pictures she is creating is making me want to read the books even though I don't know what they are about !!! Love the picture book # as so many ideas came up for new books I didn't even know existed. 

I decided to due my search of #picturebooks in Instagram and once again I was not disappointed.  I loved these 4 pictures that I found but I think the quote represents books in their entirety. Everything I saw was so colour and vibrant and made me happy, and I think thats what books do. They make people happy! 

For a class activity, I would defintely stick to the platform of Tumblr, as it gives students a richer experience and more chance of finding something valuable to them.

Using pinterest as a search engine would be highly valuable search engine fr students as teachers can refine searches to monitor them, and students can scroll through endless variety's of new information and approaches to learning. 

This weeks reflection: When searching #picturebooks into Facebook again a lot of different posts came up. However, they were slightly different to the tumblr posts. There was a range of pictures, website links and videos. There was more variety. People sharing good books, pictures, events, and more. The hashtag is becoming more popular and could be used in a classroom for students to search and learn new things. Of course this would have to be monitored. In this new age I think students would love this as a tool with the traditional methods.