Using Instagram for education purposes was a different experience that was very useful in understanding how education in the future may be conducted. Instagram worked fantastic for our presentation with its visual functions and slide like posts mimicking Powerpoint nicely. With it we were able to just flip through different posts and show each of our individual topics. We had no troubles with Instagram but for the specific way that we used the app it would have been much easier to stick with Powerpoint as once the pictures and screenshots were posted they could not be edited without removing and reposting. With this idea while we didn’t run into it, updating information that is relatively firm in a curriculum could run into problems with the app not allowing you to arrange where things go as they are based on time. This could pose a problem in any classroom where frequent and easy changes are needed. This could hinder the educational process and lead to more struggles for the educators that try to use this app if they run into this specific problem. Overall Instagram could be a good educational tool but it is not ready to replace Powerpoint but it could easily be incorporated. Overall this was a good experience and this class has changed my views on some things that are going to continue to be a part of life and become more involved.

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