The first time my son told me that he was watching vines, I immediately thought he was looking at a tropical jungle and monkeys... oh delusion! he was talking about the application, which he promptly went to show me some compilations.
Since I am "une dame d'un certaine âge" (a lady of certain age... charming french term to indicate that I am woman that is not that young anymore) my social media vehicle of preference to share pictures is Facebook (please read about that in a previous post... thank you)
I know about Instagram because I am the mother of a young adult (22) and a teenager (15) who are constantly involved on this applications.
My new assignment covers these two applications.
I decided to have fun and work with my faithful sidekick.....the Platypus.
The mighty ReadingPlatypus has done his debut in the Instagram and Vine industry!!!
The ReadingPlatypus is in the house! https://t.co/X6AsAcqbC3
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The Platypus on his way...to read! https://t.co/Je8fgug5xd
— IT'SMEndez (@OlgaMMendez) June 25, 2015
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CVC words https://t.co/NhmSiFimHM
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Well, I still have to continue practicing and perfecting my vine skills......
So, I decided to play with the new toy... here are some Instagrams...
My new books!!!! https://t.co/6Mem3MkN0v
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Surprised (and proud) to see a book about my home state in Mexico. https://t.co/TCEnaev8Cu
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Just posted a photo https://t.co/cTJuddxUzX
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I am having fun with this.... and I already thinking ways how to use it with my Kindergarteners...
Post pictures in Instagram of their projects (first I need to double check the policies...)
Their works and writings.
Making little vines for CVC words,
Addition and subtraction operations
Sequencing (a very important skill to work in K)
Story maps for our read-alouds
My students can participate with ideas... and even making little stories that I can record.
This is going to a great tool in my classroom!
The platypus is to funny. It could be a library mascot that posts Instagrams and Vines about library rules, activities, promotions etc. Kids would love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Great ideas too! Love your Vine video....very creative!
ReplyDeleteThe immediacy of being able to change out the blocks in teaching vocabulary sounds is perfect! Nice ideas!
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