You would hard pressed to find a person these days who has not heard of Instagram. The latest addition to the Social Media titans allows its users to create a visual feed of photos and video clips. Each account is a photo album allowing participates to give a glimpse into the lens of our smart phones. Now this idea of a virtual photo album was not my understanding of Instagram, but YouTube personality Casey Neistat. In his video titled, "Instagram i love you," Neistat outlines the right way to use Instagram (Insta for short). His Ode to Instagram slams Twitter for being nothing but text on text on text. And he calls Facebook "a constant flow of Internet diarrhea." So why Instagram? Neistat believes that Instagram is the best part of Facebook, the marshmallows to Facebook's Lucky Charms. It is not all about the pictures like you would think. Nope, Neistat says its all about the sharing, or "the documentation of life." He uses Rick Ross as an example of an Instagram member using it right. Neistat says Ross documents all the fascinating things about his life, giving follows a reason to stick around. In contrast, Justin Bieber uses the platform to post pictures of his face (aka the Selfie) over and over again. There's no story there and Neistat says he's using it wrong. If you want to use Instagram right, you have to "find your theme and share it." Here's a sum of Neistat's tips for Insta:
Awesome tips Neistat, but what about teachers? How can we use this app as a tool? Well I have some ideas. I would use this app as an opportunity to create a photo album for my classroom. As of right now my profile documents my personal life. I think it would be cool to create a new account to document my classroom. Show what cool things my students' are creating. You could even give the students a chance to contribute to the account. It will serve as a tribute to the time spent in Miss Sharp's classroom. How cool would that be? My personal account is set to private. It allows me to show my other side rather than just my teacher side. How do you use Instagram? Are you using it right?
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10/9/2015 04:41:24 pm
Hi Sarah,
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