Slide share on using Instagram as a teaching tool

1. A picture is worth more than
a thousand words:
Using Instagram in the classroom

2. Visual literacy
• People are drawn to humanized learning
• Visual storytelling
• Make meaning from information presented in the form of an image
• Ability to read, write and create visual images
• Science as art

3. Digital citizenship
• Elements of digital citizenship
• Access
• Commerce
• Communication
• Literacy
• Etiquette
• Law
• Rights and responsibilities
• Health
• Security

4. Digital footprint
• Trail of data you create while using the Internet
• The Internet is forever
• Passive (visit websites, search histories)
• Active (emails, blogs, social media, social networking,

5. What is photo journalism?
• Collecting, editing and presenting news
• Employs images to tell the story
• Narrative
• Rigid ethical framework
• Help communities connect

6. Using photo apps in the classroom
• There are many apps
App Operating system Website
Instagram Android, IOS, Free https://www.instagram.com/
Snapchat Android, IOS, Free https://www.snapchat.com/
Flickr Android, IOS, Free https://www.flickr.com/
Photobucket Android, IOS, Free http://s5.photobucket.com/
Shutterfly Android, IOS, Free https://www.shutterfly.com/
Google+ Android, IOS, Free https://plus.google.com/

7. What is Instagram?
• Developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in 2010, Instagram is a
free mobile app and an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing,
and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures
and videos, and share them either publicly or privately on the app, as
well as through a variety of other social networking platforms, such as
Facebook and Twitter.
• Users must be 13 years or older

8. SAMR model
• Substitution
• Augmentation
• Modification
• Redefinition

9. Tips for using Instagram successfully
• Hastags
• Visually appealing photos – angles – things people don’t normally see
• Caption properly using the 5 W’s (where, why, what, when, how)
• Share frequently

10. Using Instagram in the classroom
• Research – using hastags
• Assignments – visual literacy
• Creating communities – class Instagram page

11. Tips for being safe
• Social media policy
• School’s technology policy
• School’s media release policy
• Content rules
• Context rules
• Permission forms
• Instagram contract with students
• Invite parents to follow pages

12. Instagram in the classroom

13. • Class account
• Documenting school functions
• Field trips
• Student of the week
• Examples of students work
• School pride
• Tip of the week
• Theme of the week

14. Languages
• Take a photo of your favourite book – recommendations
• Visual flashcards to learn vocabulary
• 20 word story based on a picture
• Chain stories (in the comment feed)
• Poetry based on a picture
• Writing prompts

15. Biology/Science
• Collage of plants growing over time
• Phases of germination
• #MondayMandela – nature collages
• Record steps in a science experiment

16. Art
• e-portfolio
• Recreate famous works of art
• Photo-gallery of the different stages of art production

17. History/Geography (Social Science)
• Historical buildings
• Historical figures
• Local locations linked to historical events
• #whatwouldMandelasay
• Patterns in nature
• Interesting geological features

18. Maths
• Step by step problem solving
• Fibonacci’s sequence
• Pi