Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom 

Resources on Facebook

Projects & Assignments

Facebook is an interesting platform for learning, and these ideas offer great ways to make the site a part of projects and assignments in your classroom.

Sharing

Give students, parents, and your community something of value by sharing knowledge and resources through the power of Facebook.

Collaboration & Discussion

Students in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs alike, educational professionals, and even parents can get together for collaboration and discussion through Facebook.

Classroom Management & Organization

These ideas offer great ways to enrich your classroom with personal connection, reminders, and tools for organization.

Apps & Groups

These Facebook resources can help you when it comes to sharing documents, college resources, books, and more.

Using Instagram in the Classroom: Five Activities

 

 

Instagram revolutionized photography with an engaging and simple social platform that allows photo editing and sharing. Use this free app in your classroom with both smartphones and tablets. You can even start an account just for your class!

Below are five ideas to try.

 

 

1. Take a picture of students re-creating a famous piece of art. Arrange kids with or without costumes and set pieces, and have them add their own twist to the artwork. This works for just about any medium depicting people. - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/instagram-classroom-student-activity-ideas.shtml#sthash.gQVutJek.dpuf

 

2. Explore a moment in history by imitating a vintage photo from the public domain. First, provide students with the photo's historical context. Then have them act out that photo, or a scene like it, and use filters to make the image appear older. Students will have their very own re-enactment of history to share! Instagram also allows for video, so feel free to act out a scene from history in the form of a short film. - 

 

3. Ask students to act as photojournalists at a school function. Make sure kids are paying attention at the next school assembly or event by encouraging them to act as official photojournalists. For an extra challenge, have students write articles to accompany their images. These can include interviews and even video coverage. 

 

4. Make a scientific record of a classroom experiment or school science fair. Science experiments are a blast, and so are science fair projects! Make the process even more fun by sharing photos and videos on Instagram.  

 

5. Let students explore their identities. Encourage kids to use creativity and share thoughts, opinions and social commentary via images.   

 

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