Micro-teach:

Instagram
Emily C, Carson, & Izaac
What is

Instagram is a social media networking site

that came out in 2010 and was bought by
Facebook in 2012
Instagram's is primarily used to share images
and short videos with others online
Some new features include: Instagram's
stories, reels, and notes
 A Brief Overview of
click here for an in ‘s
depth user guide!
Controls/Features

Home Page New Post Your

Explore Page Reels Profile
 Notification Centre

Send Feature: Direct Message:

Users can share Users can chat with one
posts with one another another through this function

Like Button: A way for Stories: Content that only

users to interact & show stays posted for 24
they like others posts hours before expiring

Comment Feature:
Enables users to add
comments to others posts Bookmark Feature: Users are able
to save posts into a file.
They also have the option of
making collections
of saved posts
 Learning Outcomes
GLO:
Participants can use Instagram within the classroom

SLO:
Participants can navigate Instagram's features
Stories, polls, posts, surveys, reels, search function, and
notification features
Participants are able to successfully log into their
school-monitored accounts
Students model online integrity and participate in ethical
online behaviors
 Example of use in the classroom

Instagram can be beneficial in many different courses across

the curriculum.

A Photography class is an excellent example of how one can

implement the posting features on Instagram

Polls and Surveys could be used to see how the students are
feeling about a specific assignments, or if they need to extend
the due date.
 RATIONALE FOR WHY WE
CHOSE INSTAGRAM

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

USE OF FORMATIVE GROUP STUDY (POST CLASSROOM KNOWLEDGE
COMMENTS:
REPRESENTATION/SUBMITTING
ASSESSMENT (POLLS) SAMPLE QUIZ ON MANAGEMENT WORK (POSTING) COLLABORATION,
STORY) (POST FEEDBACK)
NOTIFICATIONS)
Poll time!
Log into your account...
At this time, students will log into their
school accounts (provided). Participants
can log in with an existing account for the
survey!
Search @iceclassroom
Navigate the account @iceclassroom via
search function or scan QR code.
Respond to the polls on the story
Briefly provide feedback in our “highlights”
section, labelled “Survey”.
 Group discussion
Any foreseeable difficulties in using Instagram in your
classroom?

What are some other ways that Instagram could be

integrated to enhance student learning?

Do you ever see yourself using Instagram as a future

educator? Why or why not?