Social Media Platforms

YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TEAMS EDMODO

YouTube Kids - safe for Students can only interact

Age restriction does not
Approved by school district
Safety kids to explore with only
allow younger kids in with trusted users and is
and is safe to use
family-friendly content safe.
Elementary to use

Generally reliable. May Generally reliable. May

Reliability want to load larger videos

Generally reliable. Easy to
glitch with multiple users if Generally reliable.
pull up content.
ahead of time. you have bad connection.

YouTube Kids is geared

Age Ages 13+ so can only be Difficult for students to use
towards younger grades. Geared towards students
Appropriate- used for middle and high in primary grades. Use for
YouTube can be used for Grade 3-12
ness school students. Intermediate and up.
older students.

User friendly. Can watch Mostly just used to post Easy to use once students Similar to Teams, but no
Usability videos, leave comments, pictures and temporary have been shown all live streaming or
and make playlists. stories. features of the platform. collaborative documents.

Cost Free Free

Free Free

Relevance
Not much... Maybe can be
to Can be used to show Assign math homework or Assign math homework or

teaching lesson content.

used to share math games,
quiz through Teams. quiz through Edmodo.
math promote math club.

Interaction Students can comment on Easy interaction between Easy interaction between
Not interactive. Teacher
between each others postings. Not teacher, students, and teacher, students, and
students just play video to show
appropriate for teachers to parents when not in parents when not in
and students.
"follow" student accounts classroom. classroom.
teachers