It is no secret that the younger generation today are hooked into photo sharing-apps such as Instagram. C’mon, who doesn’t “Instagram” these days? That is why using the concept of Instagram is one awesome way to engage students in the lesson, topic or theme. With a little creativity, teachers can bring the visual power of photos into the classroom using these Instagram template for students!
There are many ways teachers could use “Instagram” in the classroom. The following are some simple suggestions that could turn a sleepy lesson into an exciting activity!
- A back to school getting to know you activity. Let student introduce themselves with a short bio and some tidbits about themselves, their hobbies and interests.
- Let students explore their identities and the world world around them. Encourage students to use creativity and share thoughts, opinions and social commentary via images.
- Let students curate photos around a hashtag related to the topic or share photos along a classwork related theme.
- Draw a picture of an event or place in history.
- Post regular challenges for each unit or chapter. Students can use images that meet those challenges.
- Have students create a photo essay.
- Draw a few pictures from a character’s perspective or draw a setting or scene from a book.
- Challenge students to write a 6 word, 10 word, or 20 word story based on a photo.
- Let students act like photojournalists and let them cover an school event or celebration. Have them describe it in a series of images within their collages.
Instagram Templates for Students
This printable package includes 2 different Instagram templates that can be used for the activities above and for any subject! Use this engaging material with either 1 large Instagram post with a comment or 9 smaller posts for a series of photos. Use the ready-to-print PDF file or the re-sizable image version.
3 designs. 10 pages.
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What do you think of this Instagram template for students? Let us know in the comments!
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agustina
September 17, 2017 7:01 amit’s really cool. i hv been preparing for teaching since i just graduated as a teacher as well thinking for innovation teaching english for students using social media, and guess what, i think i hv found the answer! this is it.
Melchor Bernardo
September 17, 2017 7:02 amAwesome! I’m glad to hear that Agustina! Thanks ❤️
Sherry Mueller
October 23, 2017 1:28 pmDo you have any examples of this finished you could share?
Melchor Bernardo
October 24, 2017 11:41 amYes. Please see here https://englishteaching101.com/product/instagram-templates/
Rix
February 21, 2018 1:06 amThanks so much for sharing your fun ideas. They are a great help for us teachers who are already running out of engaging ideas for our students.
Melchor Bernardo
February 28, 2018 2:47 pmIt’s my pleasure! Thank you for dropping by! 😉
Richard Schwartz
September 22, 2018 3:24 pm>A back to school getting to know you activity
Okay now this is a cool idea. Much better than the old “go around the class and tell us about yourself” way of doing things. Being a shy kid I never knew what to say, but I probably would’ve had no problem communicating myself through something like this.