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5 Instagram accounts school teachers need to follow
05 Mar 2019
Instagram isn’t merely a platform for people to share snippets of their lives with their followers; it also acts as an outlet for creative expression.
Social media-savvy teachers are also using Instagram for their #OOTD or #feetupFriday posts, as well as for sharing resources with others within the teaching community, be it recommending books to use in the classroom, classroom decoration ideas, lesson plans and more. Some enterprising teachers are even moonlighting as social media influencers to supplement their main income.
So, whether you teach kindergarten or preteens, if you’re looking for some ideas on how to jazz up your classroom or further engage students in your lessons, here are some Instagram accounts featuring teachers who are putting their social media presence to good use:
With over 40,000 followers, lessonswithlaughter is the social media account of US 5th Grade teacher, Molly Maloy.
In her account, she doesn’t only document ideas on what teachers can do to promote a more conducive classroom, she shares ideas of how she sets up her classroom, as well as recommending books and useful apps other teachers can draw inspiration from.
Following this account will get your creative juices flowing, inspiring you to transform a boring classroom into a colourful work of art that will make students excited to learn.
Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, Sarah Lanser, Year 4 teacher at Australia’s Epping Public School, and mastermind behind teacherishappy, says she “generally spends the first two weeks of term decorating her room to create a ‘warm and safe’ space for her class”.
She changes it up throughout the year, adding that it takes a lot of effort.
Bethany Humphrey is a 4th Grade teacher who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her instagram account documents a motley of things, from organisational products to ideas on lesson planning.
According to her blog, Humphrey enjoys using musical strategies not just to help students learn, but to boost engagement in the classroom. Scroll through her feed and you’ll see many music-inspired elements featured on her account.
How do you teach students mathematics? How can you encourage students to formulate comprehension questions? How can students grasp grammar? Essentially – how do you make learning more effective for students?
This account by Brittney Root, a 5th Grade teacher, is bubbling with lesson ideas teachers can tweak or emulate in their classroom.
Not every student sees science as an easy or interesting subject. However, if you’re a science teacher, following this account might just inspire you to use your creative spunk to get your students excited about science.
Based in the US, the_weird_science_teacher creates impressive posters, fun powerpoints and the like to facilitate student learning.
Apart from that, she also shares snippets of her thoughts, such as being an introverted teacher andhow she makes her classroom more approachable (hint: colour), that other teachers can learn from or relate to.
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