“Instagram was created because there was no single place dedicated to giving your mobile photos a place to live and to be”
A beginner's guide to: Instagram
Apr 18, 2016 7:40:55 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Instagram
For The Love Of Social
Feb 11, 2016 8:34:31 AM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Pinterest, Twitter, Flickr, instragram, SoundCloud, youtube, facebook
“If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.
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Top Tactics For Improving Your Twitter Reach
Feb 3, 2016 8:55:33 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Twitter
“If you’re holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
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Capturing School Stories
Jan 13, 2016 8:07:37 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Tech
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away”
Social Media Predictions 2016
Jan 6, 2016 7:39:05 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Twitter, snapchat, facebook
“I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life”
Easy Scheduling for #SocialAdvent
Dec 4, 2015 3:07:37 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Twitter
With #SocialAdvent in full swing, and rapidly growing, we wanted to lend a hand for schools over the weekend.
Of course, some of you will have busy weekends planned. And you most certainly don't want to be getting up early Christmas Day to tweet!
So here are some tools to help you easily schedule for days you cannot live-tweet.
Buffer
25 Tweets to Send Before Christmas #SocialAdvent 2015
Nov 25, 2015 4:23:00 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Twitter
Creative Arts On Pinterest
Nov 18, 2015 4:59:22 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, Pinterest
A "catalogue of ideas" - This is how the founder of Pinterest describes his website. It inspires users to "go out and do that thing".
Pinterest is a blank canvas, a bulletin board. Within boards users can pin images, videos, and other resources creating a collage.
All social media networks are expressive and give us the opportunity to be creative but all in their own unique way. When we are deciding which social media channels to use, we look at the content and must decide which channels to share the content on.
Creativity and Social Media
Creativity are expressive, inspiring and need a social platform which allows inspiration to blossom. Sure, it's possible to be creative on Twitter up to 140 characters, but it's not exactly a match made in heaven with the creative arts. Certain creative subjects have obvious social platforms.
- SoundCloud - Music
- YouTube / Vimeo - Video
- Instagram / Flickr - Photography
Social media has given the art world a fantastic platform in which people can share their inspirational work! Pinterest is a place for individuals who are highly visual and creative.
So what can I do on Pinterest?
Learn About SlideShare
Nov 11, 2015 3:29:49 PM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in slideshare, social media, learning
With 70 million unique visitors a month, 38 million registered users and being voted in the world's top 10 tools for education and e-learning, it would be very surprising if you have not heard about SlideShare before, but what is SlideShare?
What is it?
When launched in 2006 SlideShare was described as a website similar to YouTube but for slideshows. With the internet becoming more and more accessible SlideShare was launched to put a stop to the dreary days of Microsoft Powerpoint, carrying paper presentations in a briefcase and mostly importantly to put a to stop this....
ISSUU: Be Green
Nov 4, 2015 10:59:25 AM / by Interactive Schools Blog posted in social media, issuu
The Math
How many letters have you found crumpled up in your child's bag? How many newsletters were you given at school?