Chapters 7-11 are short, but to the point, and I’ll use the reflection questions from page 123 to direct the interaction related to each of these:

What are the positive things about today’s students’ online lives? How can we best integrate those lives into our schools and teaching?

Students are often blamed for their (and our) educational problems. Is this fair?

What should philanthropists be doing to effect the most lasting and important changes in education?

Instagram( PART)

Can you use Instagram in the classroom? Of course! Need some inspiration? Start here:

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2014/08/07/10-ways-to-use-instagram-in-the-classroom

or

http://www.educationrethink.com/2012/07/ten-ideas-for-using-instagram-in.html

How do we use it in an online graduate course? Creatively.

After you sign on, sign up, and explore a little, find my account at instagram.com/ttujeremywendt. Similar to Twitter, “Follow me” and I’ll “Follow you” back to give us a platform to exchange ideas within the class. Make at least 5 posts related to classroom technology. This is the easiest way to get a feel for Instagram and start translating a service that many people use personally to a powerful professional platform. Here’s a list of teacher-inspired Instagram accounts that you can follow:

http://www.mathgametime.com/blog/2013/06/top-10-educators-using-instagram/

Once you’ve made it this point, you should have a pretty good idea of how you can use this tool in your classroom, so here’s what I’d like you to post on the discussion board:

*2 content specific (could be standards-based) ways to use this in your classroom

*1 problematic issue you foresee with implementation and a solution to that problem