Instagram for Educators

I do not personally know many adults who utilize Instagram.  Most of my family and friends are on Facebook.  However, it seems that most of my students are on Instagram more frequently than Facebook and when I ask them about Facebook they just say stuff like "Oh, that's old."  I like Instagram as well because you can just post and view pictures of family and friends as well as "like" pictures quickly.  Since my students love Instagram so much, I decided to utilize this site as a method for communicating with my students and building rapport.  It is extremely easy to take a snapshot on my phone of the homework assignment (off the computer, whiteboard, smartboard, etc.) and post it on Instagram.  My students are easily able to access it or bypass it if they are not interested.  I have also posted graphic organizers and pictures from class.  My students like seeing pictures of my family as well.  I feel like this is just one other resource for teachers to reach out and enhance the classroom environment.  Snap away!