Thursday, November 28, 2013

Instagram and Vine

Another two pieces of technology for use in the classroom are Instagram and Vine.  Both are highly popular among the younger crowds.  There are various things you can use them for in the classroom.

Instagram 




These two pictures I took of my children.  As an educator, Instagram can be used in a variety of ways.  One of the obvious ways to use Istagram is to document memories throughout the year.  The yearbook club could make great use of this program.  Almost everyone's smartphone has a pretty good phone.  What better way than to use the tool and be able to tag who ever is in the picture.  It would make the lives of the yearbook committee a lot easier if students could take pictures using instagram and take the yearbook committee/class in the picture to use at a later date. 

I also liked the idea of using Instagram as a way to document what a famous person might say or post.  The students would have to place themselves in the role of the famous person and to do that, the student would have to have some background knowledge of the person. 

Students could also use Instagram to document the stages in experiments.  It would be great to be able to capture the processes. 

Vine

Here are some clips from the Vine. 



This is my daughter, Kenna getting ready for the Aggie football game. 

Students in the classroom can act out the main idea or big picture of different subjects.  I like that since it is looped, formulas can be studied for math and science. 

Since again, this smart tool is easily accessed with a smart phone, creative ideas can take place in the classroom with using technology. 

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