Instagram & Vine

Instagram and Vine have been around for a while, so I'm just late to the party. I was aware of what they were and have viewed other people's Instagram pictures and Vine videos, but I had not signed up myself. Sometimes some nudging is in order.

Through my graduate studies, I have become increasingly aware how many children, tweens and teens use mobile devices and are active social media participants. Instagram and Vine are two apps that a large number of youth use.

So, I bit the bullet and joined the party. I wanted to find ways I will use them as a teacher librarian.
This is what I have come up with so far:

Instagram
The Harry Potter fanatic in me couldn't resist using Instagram to give my young Potter fans reader's advisory of what they could read next.

What do I read next? 

Study like Hermione!

I also thought of using images at the beginning of the school year when teaching about how to care for books properly. This one is obviously a "Do Not Do This!"

#thatwasQuick @overquick

A photo posted by @amycolicher on Jun 25, 2015 at 2:42pm PDT

I used Overgram to write text on the image and then opened with Instagram.

Vine
 The Origami Yoda series by Tom Angleberger is awesome, so I wanted to show students how many are in the series and the origami they could create to go with the books.



I made this next video to use when practicing the skill of inferencing.



I had so much fun with both apps! I can't wait to see what all I can come up with, and I can't wait to see what students will come up with as well!