Use Instagram for Education with #Edugram. Most of us realize how important it is to be connected via 21st Century means as our students are continually seeing the world on a much smaller scale through the technology they so embrace. Being aware and using the technology available is crucial for us to not only understand our students, but to better understand our selves. Which is why we at Education is My Life are embracing a new(er) technology, and we want you to join us. Intsagram is an app and website that allows users to share pictures and text.
You can take a picture and upload directly through the app, or you can upload shots from your own photo albums. Instagram is currently growing at a faster rate than Facebook did at the same age, and it now has over 100 million users. Mark Zuckerberg said, “Instagram is really doing well and growing quickly,” adding that there is, “an opportunity to…build community.” We believe that Instagram has the potential to be a valuable asset to the Edu community. So we’re going to try something. 30 ways to use Twitter to accelerate learning. How can Twitter be used to accelerate learning? Here are 30! 1. Provide tips daily. Teachers can tweet to their students a word a day, with short definition to provide a constant reach of vocabulary. 2. Set up a book reading club and integrate Twitter by providing a platform for the members to write a short review of the book that they are currently reading, or even provide a teaser for the members of the club about a book and ask them to predict the ending of the book. 3.
Some students are afraid to put up their hands and participate in a classroom discussion. 4. Provide a place for the students to ask anything about the assignments that you have given to them. 5. Particularly in a large classroom, for example a lecture hall, you will be overwhelmed by the amount of students and often finds it hard to ask or answer questions. 6. Generating ideas by brainstorming is an effective learning experience. 7. 8. 9. Perfect for Modern Foreign Language engagement. 10. 11. 12.
#educhat - Education. 10 Little-Known Twitter Tools For Connected Educators. There’s an array of Twitter tools that make the rounds on the ol’ edtech circle. We chat about Hootsuite , Paper.li , and Bit.ly quite a bit. But there are a lot of little-known Twitter tools that don’t see the light of day on sites like Edudemic. So I thought this would be a good time to start fixing that. We’re creating a series of helpful posts designed to turn you on to a few tools that you may not know about – but will be anxious to try once you learn about them. Got a tool that you think should be included in this list? Add it down in the comments and we’ll add it to the next post in this series!
Just Tweet It Just Tweet It is a user directory for Twitter organized by genre to allow for users to easily find other Twitter users to connect with. Twibs Twibs lets you find, follow and interact with businesses, apps and services on Twitter. Twittonary The Twitter Dictionary aka Twittonary provides explanations of various Twitter related words. We Follow Twitscoop Friend or Follow Qwitter. Use Instagram for Education with #Edugram. Popplet. Using Instagram in an Educational Context. If you are active on social websites, or have young tech users in your life, then you’ve probably come across Instagram.
This application works in hand-in-hand with Facebook and has grown to be one of the most apps on the Internet. What is Instagram? Instagram is an online photo sharing and social networking service. It enables users to take pictures and apply digital filters to them and then share them on social networking sites. How can Instagram deliver educational benefits? Here are some of the ways in which the use of a tool like Instagram can benefit the educational process: Instagram & Spatial IntelligenceSpatial intelligence is a mental process through which the brain attempts to interpret certain types of incoming information. I wish we had interesting tools like Instagram when I was in school. Are you using Instagram in an educational context? About Jason Phillips Jason Phillips is an education blogger and who also writes for technology and business related web sites.