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Trying it out… Investigating… Testing… Researching… Practice what I Preach… Modeling | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog

Trying it out… Investigating… Testing… Researching… Practice what I Preach… Modeling | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog | Professional Learning for Busy Educators | Scoop.it
I believe in trying things out… investigating… testing… researching… practice what I preach… modeling…

So, when George Couros announced, he was trying out an #instagrambookstudy of his book The Innovator’s Mindset, I had to step up to participate
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12 Insta Easy Instagram Library & Literacy Promotion Ideas

12 Insta Easy Instagram Library & Literacy Promotion Ideas | Professional Learning for Busy Educators | Scoop.it
What’s the point of Instagram and why should you spend your precious time and money on it? Well, don’t worry about the cost, because it’s FREE! So, all you really need is creativity and a few

minutes a day to make meaningful, fun, and lasting connections with your community. And with Instagram you get a twofer! Even maybe a threefer, fourfer?! (is that a thing?) That’s right, for the amazing low price of FREE, each Instagram post can cross pollinate to your Twitter, Facebook (:-P), Flickr, Tumblr, and that thing called Swarm that kinda took the place of the annoying Foursquare? That’s pretty powerful!
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Instagram for Teachers - Learning in Hand @tonyvincent

Instagram for Teachers - Learning in Hand @tonyvincent | Professional Learning for Busy Educators | Scoop.it
Instagram isn't just for posting photos of food. Instagram can actually be a powerful learning and communication tool for educators, so I've written this guide for teachers. I'd like to show the kinds of things teachers can see on Instagram. I'd also like to tell you about the ins and outs of Instagram, starting with the basics and ending with crafting awesome posts.
Daniela Jimenez's curator insight, September 30, 2017 9:14 PM
Technological devices and their applications make part of daily human life and encourage us to use it. Mobile technologies have the potential to support second-language learning because it provides autonomous learning opportunities and access to learning materials. For the last decade, technologies have been used by educators, school administrators, and students in education to help themselves in teaching and learning. Nowadays institutions and students are moving towards the use of mobile technologies which have become the biggest tool that had rapidly gaining importance in this field. Therefore, the use of a tool such as Instagram that is seen as a tool for daily entretaining, can be useful also for learning and teaching because it is capable of opening many possibilities for language learners, and their rapid adoption makes it easier to make students engage and develop easier their interest and motivation. Having technology multifunctional devices used for communication, entertainment, networking and learning, they are seen as potentially useful for EFL learning and instruction because of its easy portability and connectivity.