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.
The Educator’s Guide to Instagram and Other Photo Apps I’m not the most dedicated Instagrammer (need to get out more) or the best photographer (wish I was) but like many other educators, I enjoy sharing my photos on Instagram. Why? It’s fun! Easy! Here’s my advice to help you get started or get more out of using Instagram.Click on a link below to quickly go to the section you want to read: Back to Top What is Instagram? Launched in 2010, Instagram is one of the fastest growing mobile media phenoms; with just over 15 million users at the start of 2012 it now has over 50 million users. Instagram is a free photo sharing app for android and iOS devices that lets users take a photo, apply photo filters and share through a variety of social networking services including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and on Instagram. Instagram is sort of like Twitter – except instead of connecting with others using 140 characters or less, you’re sharing photos. Instagram is popular because: It make sharing photos using mobile devices quick, easy and a lot of fun! Back to Top
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.
Cloud Computing Computers used to work alone, inside a home or business. But thanks to the Internet, we can now use the power of computers at a completely different location - what we call "in the cloud". To start, meet Lucy from Lucy's Lilies, a new florist. She is concerned about how to manage flower deliveries. She's a florist, not a mechanic - delivery is a distraction. Then she learned about a new kind of delivery company that has an unlimited fleet of drivers and vans that she can use on an as-needed basis - and she only pay for what she uses. A few years later, her business savvy paid off. Then she learned about cloud computing, which works a lot like her deliveries. They have all the computing power she needs and it's all secure, backed up at another location and accessible through the Web - what people call "in the cloud." This means she can depend on a cloud company's computers to help her business run and focus her energy on fantastic flowers. But that's not all.
JournalisTic Bonjour à tous! Dans le cadre du colloque de l'Aquops, nous avons eu la chance de participer à des ateliers en tant que JournalisTIC. Vous trouverez sur cette page la présentation des journalistes participant ainsi que les liens vers nos articles, sur le blog de l'aquops. Notre twitter Si vous allez sur le Blogue de l'AQUOPS, en tapant JournalisTIC dans l'onglet de la recherche, vous aurez les articles écrits par les étudiants participant au colloque de 2013. Juste ici, vous trouverez le pearltrees que nous avons créée répertoriant, par ateliers, toutes les ressources découvertes durant ces trois jours. Sébastien Toninato Je m’appelle Sébastien Toninato, je suis Suisse et j’ai 25 ans. A Genève, cette pratique est encore peu développée dans nos établissements scolaires et il est évident que cela ne pourra pas durer ainsi. Je suis tout particulièrement intéressé par l’enseignement spécialisé qui se rapporte aux pratiques d’adaptation scolaire, ici, au Québec. A bientôt. SebastienToninato
CirculationOcéanique Circulation océanique Nous avons décidé de coécrire une page Wiki sur la circulation océanique. Puisque ce thème est un concept prescrit au programme du MELS en sciences et technologies, nous en ferons une SAÉ. Membres de l'équipe: ElisabethJoly, JulieLaSalle, StéphanieLemay et CynthiaVaillancourt Lien vers le blogue Word Press : Circulation océanique - Articles Lien vers notre page dans Wikispaces : Circulation océanique - SAÉ Page Wiki Nous avons décidé de publier notre SAÉ sur une page Wiki pour permettre à tous les membres de l’équipe d’avoir accès à cette plateforme en tout temps. De plus, il est facile, pour les autres enseignants, d’avoir accès à notre page et ainsi utiliser la SAÉ avec leurs élèves. Concepts pédagogiques Avec l’intégration du Web 2.0, nous voulons enseigner à nos élèves des méthodes de travail qui leur permettront d’être les plus efficaces possible. Influences des pairs Questions Documentation 1. Expérimentation Discussion
PinterestEducation PinterestEducation Mots clés: Pinterest; Pédagogie; Pertinence des sources; Analyse critique de l'information; Coopération; Partage d'information; Réseautage professionnel; Stratégies de recherche; 1) Question L'utilisation des réseaux sociaux est grandissante, particulièrement chez les jeunes. Est-il possible d’intégrer les réseaux sociaux en enseignement, tel que Pinterest? En quoi Pinterest peut permettre aux élèves d'apprendre à exploiter l'information de façon adéquate? 2) Sujet documenté Tout d’abord, nous avons voulu définir la compétence transversale visée par notre travail: Exploiter l’information : compétence qui permet aux élèves de développer leur capacité à savoir repérer l’information, confronter les données et juger de leur valeur, d’organiser l’information et de la synthétiser afin d’en tirer profit. - (MELS) C'est exactement cet aspect que l'on cherchera à développer lors de notre expérimentation. 3) Expérimentation Nous avons tout d’abord créé un compte « enseignant ».