Using Instagram in the classroom

Last year at school I discovered that Instagram is one of the most popular social media channels for teens and tweens. So many of my students use it! I thought this year I would create a private class account for my Grade 7s and using it as part of a 'Keeping safe on the Internet' program.

On the Fedena blog today  I saw this infographic showing seven ways to use Instagram. Fedena kindly allows one to embed in one's own site with attribution http://goo.gl/kWDs17  so I thought I would take advantage of this.


http://goo.gl/kWDs17

Further reading

• 10 Surprising Ways to Use Instagram in the Classroom: http://goo.gl/eYv0ih 
• Using Instagram in the Classroom: Five Activities: http://goo.gl/5ctLjH

I love Google #38

Every week I like to keep a record of what educators and others are posting with regard to Google.  Here are 10 from this week

Great Google posts this week #38

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African Storybook website #4: Stories about the proverbial 'Hare'

Every couple of months SAIDE who administers the African Storybook project sends out an update. This is a recent update.  This is a crosspost of the post I wrote about the update on the SchoolNet blog. This website is worthy of being known by teachers everywhere.

These are lovely stories that are beautifully illustrated that you can use in your reading lessons.

“The hare is a popular and clever character who pops up in many traditional (and modern) stories. This month we showcase some of the tales we have on the website about the hare, and especially about the mean tricks he plays on other animals. (Although surely nothing is worse than the joke Rooster plays on Hare!) We hope you’ll be inspired to translate and share the stories, and also to add your own stories about the adventures of this character. Special thanks to Little Zebra Books for their donations and translations”. (Quoted from the African Storybook project newsflash August 5th)

	Story Title
	Hare and Elephant
	Hare and Hyena
	Friends become enemies  (Hare and Hyena again)
	Lion is sick (Hare and Lion)
	Animals dig a well  (Hare and all the other animals)
	Why hippos have no hair  (Hare and Hippo)
	Hare and Tortoise (Again!)
	Rooster and Hare