“Instagram is just a way for me to constantly take a peek into another teacher's [art] room"
- Cassie Stephens
“I feel like I have this community of teachers that kinda get me, whereas before it's always been a lonely island syndrome, when it comes especially to teaching [art]. And now I don't feel that"
- Cassie Stephens
- Cassie Stephens
“I feel like I have this community of teachers that kinda get me, whereas before it's always been a lonely island syndrome, when it comes especially to teaching [art]. And now I don't feel that"
- Cassie Stephens
General:
- 1 billion monthly users
- 700 million+ users use the platform daily
- 88% of users are outside of the U.S.
- 2nd most engaged network after Facebook
- Of users that are 13-24 years old, 37% are male, 34% are female (comprising 71% of users)
- Average time of 53 minutes per day on this platform
- 72% of U.S. teens use Instagram, while 35% of adults use Instagram
- 34% of users are millenials, where 22% check daily and 38% check multiple times daily
- Users 'like' 4.2 billion posts per day
- 95 million posts each day
- 500 million add to their stories each day
- #teachersofinstagram already has 5 million followers and is still growing!
- teacher instagrammers post photos of meticulously crafted classroom decorations, lessons, and even daily outfits
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Important Notes:
- Ensure that your class instagram account is noted as 'private' in its settings, making it visible only to those who you invite to be as a follower.
- Working with Instagram needs to be paired with learning Digital Citizenship, especially concerning how Instagram should and should not be used.
Teacher Examples:
Please click the following link to see #teachersfollowteachers on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/teachersfollowteachers/
Don't forget about UBC Teacher's Education! You can see their account here:
https://www.instagram.com/ubcteachered/
Please click the following link to see #teachersfollowteachers on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/teachersfollowteachers/
Don't forget about UBC Teacher's Education! You can see their account here:
https://www.instagram.com/ubcteachered/
References:
https://blog.hootsuite.com/instagram-statistics/
https://www.oberlo.ca/blog/instagram-stats-every-marketer-should-know
https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_futures/2018/06/how_to_use_instagram_in_the_classroom.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/670829785/teachers-turn-lessons-into-instagram-worthy-photos
Shafer, S., Johnson, M. B., Thomas, R. B., Johnson, P. T., & Fishman, E. K. (2018). Instagram as a Vehicle for Education. Academic Radiology, 25(6), 819-822. doi:10.1016/j.acra.2018.03.017
Arceneaux, P. C., & Dinu, L. F. (2018). The social mediated age of information: Twitter and Instagram as tools for information dissemination in higher education. New Media & Society,20(11), 4155-4176. doi:10.1177/1461444818768259
https://blog.hootsuite.com/instagram-statistics/
https://www.oberlo.ca/blog/instagram-stats-every-marketer-should-know
https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_futures/2018/06/how_to_use_instagram_in_the_classroom.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/670829785/teachers-turn-lessons-into-instagram-worthy-photos
Shafer, S., Johnson, M. B., Thomas, R. B., Johnson, P. T., & Fishman, E. K. (2018). Instagram as a Vehicle for Education. Academic Radiology, 25(6), 819-822. doi:10.1016/j.acra.2018.03.017
Arceneaux, P. C., & Dinu, L. F. (2018). The social mediated age of information: Twitter and Instagram as tools for information dissemination in higher education. New Media & Society,20(11), 4155-4176. doi:10.1177/1461444818768259