Art Tech Task #5

The tool that I decided to do for this week is Instagram. I decided to go with this tool because this is a great way to share photos, videos, and other artifacts that students have created. I would like to create a separate Instagram account that is entirely private except for my students and their parents. I feel like this would be a great way for parents to have a specific place to view work that is going on in our classroom. I also like that you can use this entirely private. I can create the account so that the only people that see what I post are who I choose. This means that I can make my profile private and only accept parents and/or students if they choose to follow it. I can upload pictures, videos, and stories (short/live videos) as the day goes. Just as well, this social media site is accessible online and as an app. This means that if parents have a quick minute, throughout their day, they can check to see if anything has been added from that day. Moreover, if you tag someone they get a direct notification that they were tagged. Therefore, if a particular student made something or got an award I could upload it and tag the parents in the photo. That way they would see right away that I posted something and that their child was involved.

Because this is a social media site and there are a lot of different speculations about social media sites this would be something that I would need to discuss with the school first. From that point on, I would then send out a letter to parents. This would also include a release form stating that it was okay for their child to be featured on the page.

As a twenty-two year old I am constantly checking my social media page. However, regardless of my age I know that social media sites are constantly checked by all sorts of people. In our society people are constantly on their phones. I feel like this is a great way to incorporate this into our classroom. That way parents can add this task to something that they are doing anyway!

This is definitely something that I would like to pursue in my future classroom!