Do Now- Twitter/Instagram in Education

Twitter and Instagram can be used for educational purposes in multiple ways. By using twitter students can share with others apart of their classes and in other classes as well. For example, a project can be assigned to discuss with others about a specific topic, by using a specific hashtag, students can then search for the tweet they must comment on. Twitter can also be used for sharing projects. For example, if the project was to create a poster for a certain event and promote it to others, twitter can be used to show others. The same can be done with videos. However, once something is on twitter, it is out there for the world to see, and you never know who may retweet or favorite it. 

Instagram can be used in multiple ways as well. For example, by using Instagram to post pictures, the teacher can create a virtual tour. Many times a teacher will want to show a slide show, but instead of people having problems seeing and reading the slides, the slides can be posted on an Instagram page. This makes it easier so if a student is not able to see the slides then they can look up the Instagram page and follow along on their. One issue with Instagram is that most people have their accounts on private. This means that in order to view their posts the follower must be approved. Once approved the pictures that they post will constantly be popping up on the home page. However, a hashtag can be used to share easier, just like on Twitter.