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. 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? Related Posts (if the above topic is of interest, you might want to check these out):How Teachers are Using Tumblr in the ClassroomCan Social Media Play A Role in Improving Retention in Higher Education? About Jason Phillips Print This Post
Instagram in Education | thinktanK12 Blog
Do you use Instagram? This free photo-sharing app is one of the fastest growing social networks, with 100 million users, and it’s easy to see why. With its retro square format and lo-fi filters, the app makes shooting, editing, and sharing photos easy and fun. And now you can follow K12 on Instagram! Check out photos from community events at our partner schools around the country, peek behind the scenes at K12 for a preview of what we’re working on, and share your online schooling photos with us by tagging us @k12learn. Instagram is fun and social, but lately I’ve been wondering if there are also potential learning opportunities for users. One of the benefits to using social media in school is that students may be more engaged in their work when they feel they have an authentic audience- that someone other than their teachers will see it. In order to sign up for an account, users do need to be 13 – just like with Facebook.
Instagram in Education | thinktanK12 Blog
Do you use Instagram? This free photo-sharing app is one of the fastest growing social networks, with 100 million users, and it’s easy to see why. With its retro square format and lo-fi filters, the app makes shooting, editing, and sharing photos easy and fun. And now you can follow K12 on Instagram! Check out photos from community events at our partner schools around the country, peek behind the scenes at K12 for a preview of what we’re working on, and share your online schooling photos with us by tagging us @k12learn. Instagram is fun and social, but lately I’ve been wondering if there are also potential learning opportunities for users. One of the benefits to using social media in school is that students may be more engaged in their work when they feel they have an authentic audience- that someone other than their teachers will see it. In order to sign up for an account, users do need to be 13 – just like with Facebook.
Ten Ideas for Using Instagram in the Classroom
I didn't understand the pull of Instagram the first time I heard about it. To me, it sounded like a fancy app that would take regular pictures and make them look like they were crappy, old photographs. Eventually, though, I changed my mind. I saw the artistic side of the app and eventually began to see the social interaction. After spending a few months using it, I see a powerful element that I had failed to understand before. And yet, for me, Instagram has done the opposite. So, with that in mind, I'm thinking of ten ways I might use Instagram with my students next year: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.Just Let Them Take Pictures: I'm thinking of letting kids take pictures for the sake of taking pictures.
Teaching with Instagram
The proliferation of smart phones has led to the development of innumerable educational apps for all subjects and grade levels. The problem is that students may not necessarily be interested in apps with high scholastic value, so it’s up to teachers to find didactive opportunities in the apps that students are interested in. image from iStock Facebook recently bought Instagram, the incredibly popular mobile photo sharing app, for nearly one billion dollars. It had a user base of 30 million before it even released to Android™ in early April, so odds are good that your students know, love, and use Instagram on a regular basis. So how can you use it in the classroom? Art and photography classes have the most obvious applications—composition, lighting, subject matter. Do you have any ideas for using Instagram in the classroom? Have you written a blog post about Instagram in education?
20 Creative Ways To Use Instagram In The Classroom
The buzz around Instagram might have you thinking about jumping ship. Instead, why not consider a few ways to use the app in your classroom? Teachers who want to reach their students must continue to evolve their curriculum for the world now- not as it was five or ten or fifteen years ago. Despite the negative connotations that Facebook and other such platforms have (specifically in regards to distracting students), there are all kinds of positive ways that social media can play a role in learning enrichment. Instagram may not be as well known as Facebook or Twitter, but this photo-sharing social media platform could be a great tool in your classroom. 1. Students can make a photo collage of all the books they’ve read throughout the year. 2. Turn a dry subject with numbers and formulas, and connect it to art through visual expression. 3. Have each of your students take a photo of themselves in different parts of their town and city. 4. 5. 6. 7. Host a field day for your class. 8. 9. 10.
Twitter au service des pédophiles?
Un garçon de 10 ans nu, une fillette en train de faire une fellation à un adulte, un ado qui se fait sodomiser par un homme mûr, Josée Boiclair n'en revient pas de ce qui défile sur son écran d'ordinateur. L'émission J.E. s'est penchée sur la question et diffusera les résultats de son enquête ce vendredi à l'antenne de TVA à compter de 19h. Cette mère de famille est tombée sur ces images par hasard sur le populaire réseau social Twitter. «C'est effroyable comme il y a beaucoup de photos et des photos explicites », a-t-elle dit, visiblement secouée. J.E., dans son enquête, a aussi trouvé beaucoup d'images aussi explicites que révoltantes. Qui se cache derrière? «Il y a une sous-culture qui se met en place dans ce type de réseau, a-t-il dit. Une mère indignée Josée Boisclair, jeune mère de deux enfants a signalé les images de pédophilie auprès des autorités de Twitter. Malgré cela, Twitter tarde à réagir. Twitter se défend J.E. a contacté le siège social de Twitter.
