In my education class I was asked to be a documentarian over the course of 10 days that related to my teaching, student learning, my classroom, and even me as a learner. Over the course of the period of time I told a story through the use of pictures. I used a very common social media tool to do it, Instagram. Each day I would post one picture to Instagram that related to my life as an educator. This included pictures of me grading, or projects were doing or assigning students to do, objectives, agenda, and preparation for the AP Exam.
As I did this project I really enjoyed reviewing the photos and reflecting on the days when I took the pictures. It brought back fond memories of implementing teaching strategies, covering my units, and supporting students in their educational journeys. I also thought this was an engaging and innovative means to documents learning. Through the use of pictures I documented my journey as a co-teacher. The ten days was a small snapshot, but an effective one. I think projects like this will be available to my students one day as I look to implement engaging and fun activities in the classroom.
Lastly we put the Instagram pictures into a Storify and created our story. The Storify added a sequential flow to the pictures and allowed me to reflect on the ten days that had transpired. There are many ways to engage students with technology, and Instagram is another means to that end. Countless students at my school are on Instagram and I think it would be effective to have students use it in an academic context. Students are constantly engaged with technology, as educators I think it is a good idea to find ways to have students use what already has them engaged in an educational fashion.
As I did this project I really enjoyed reviewing the photos and reflecting on the days when I took the pictures. It brought back fond memories of implementing teaching strategies, covering my units, and supporting students in their educational journeys. I also thought this was an engaging and innovative means to documents learning. Through the use of pictures I documented my journey as a co-teacher. The ten days was a small snapshot, but an effective one. I think projects like this will be available to my students one day as I look to implement engaging and fun activities in the classroom.
Lastly we put the Instagram pictures into a Storify and created our story. The Storify added a sequential flow to the pictures and allowed me to reflect on the ten days that had transpired. There are many ways to engage students with technology, and Instagram is another means to that end. Countless students at my school are on Instagram and I think it would be effective to have students use it in an academic context. Students are constantly engaged with technology, as educators I think it is a good idea to find ways to have students use what already has them engaged in an educational fashion.