There are so
many social media sites it is hard to keep up with sometimes. Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat to name a few. All of these formats of social
media are capable of being used productively within the classroom with
facilitation and appropriate behaviors from students.
One way I plan on using Instagram is to promote a book that I am reading. While Instagram provides an image to look at, it can give a glimpse of a history of books that I have read as well as what I am currently reading.
Each semester
our students take field trips to feeder high schools to see what they have to
offer. Each trip the high school put on a brief show of the electives and
programs. But I have noticed upon arriving back at school that many of the
students forgot what some of the programs were offered or what something looked
like, I would have to find out and describe it over and over to students. By
having Instagram, I could chronicle the field trips our students take. Athletics, fine arts, and other electives and
clubs could also use this app to chronicle their events, trips, and volunteer
opportunities.
Each fall we
complete a unit on Edgar Allan Poe. We research the different theories of his
death and produce their own conclusion using text evidence. Students progress
of the research, progress of their project, and final project can be viewed on
Instagram.
Each six weeks
we select one student in the 8th grade and they are honored at a
luncho with other students from within the district. Their photo could be
uploaded to Instagram for others to see, kind of like student of the week, but
for each six weeks for each grade. When students finish their prompt, students
can display their writing in the hallway or in a trophy case with the image
centered amongst the writings.
Vine
Vine is another
social media that students can communicate with and teachers can incorporate
into the classroom activities. Short video clips can be recorded to provide
students with examples of inferencing, demonstrate synonyms (like the video
below), or capture responses of assessments or competitions.
As a reading
teacher, students can recreate a scene of a novel we are reading or memorize
concepts, or build vocabulary for ESL/LEP students by saying the word so they
can hear the pronunciation or provide visual definitions.With the continuous looping of the videos, students can be reminded of the definition while looking at eth short video. The letters "P, I, E" could circulate with the definition of this acronym for "Persuade, Inform, and Entertain" when looking at nonfiction text and practicing between identifying the different types of text.
One way my students could use Vine in their Edgar Allan Poe project is to record their theory that they think is the reasoning behind hid death. It could be a simple statement using a stem sentence, such as, "The theory I believed that Edgar Allan Poe died of is ..."
When I first started Vine, I became frustrated, but finally got the gist of it and was able to produce a video and Tweet it. This is definitely something I will use within my classroom.
Between the two of these, I liked both forms of social media. I thikn Instagram is idea for a quick response of images with little text to provide. I liked how Vine allowed for a looping six second video that students are allowed to view over and over and I can share it within several social media formats.
Students have such an advantage these days in the classroom. They are able to connect with others so easily in so many forms. The types of communications and to who has grown vastly in the past few years. I just wonder where we will be in the next 10 to 20 years with technology in the classroom?
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One way my students could use Vine in their Edgar Allan Poe project is to record their theory that they think is the reasoning behind hid death. It could be a simple statement using a stem sentence, such as, "The theory I believed that Edgar Allan Poe died of is ..."
When I first started Vine, I became frustrated, but finally got the gist of it and was able to produce a video and Tweet it. This is definitely something I will use within my classroom.
Between the two of these, I liked both forms of social media. I thikn Instagram is idea for a quick response of images with little text to provide. I liked how Vine allowed for a looping six second video that students are allowed to view over and over and I can share it within several social media formats.
Students have such an advantage these days in the classroom. They are able to connect with others so easily in so many forms. The types of communications and to who has grown vastly in the past few years. I just wonder where we will be in the next 10 to 20 years with technology in the classroom?
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