Web Poets' Society and the Learning Network

Online poetry via instagram and twitter have made at least one young author a celebrity poet.  The article from the New York Times can be found clicking here.  The material for you class that should be used before and after reading the article can be found by clicking here.

Instagram used in the class

Stephen Veliz is a History teacher that uses Instagram throughout  the year by posting pictures and an associated question for his students  Students get bonus marks for answering the question correctly. To see his site click here.  

Food Capitals of Instagram

I am not sue if this fits in with a Geography class or a Foods & Nutrition class but I thought it was pretty cool.    Just click on your favourite food and you will see an interactive map that shows some great geographic application of social media data.  For example I picked Pierogi and it shows a map of the top tagged areas of the world as shown on Instagram selecting Pierogis.  It also has a list of the top 5 cities also.  Click here to see the webpage.

Social Networking Safety For Parents

Just thought some of you parents might be interested in this presentation.