Instagram, I love you – a catchy title and entertaining Youtube video by Casey Neistat. The title is true, at least for me that is, I use it everyday to highlight my everyday moments in life. It’s a perfect way to share your story picture by picture to a large-scale audience. It’s a place where you cannot only share your story but also learn from other people’s stories. It is filled with interesting people, however it can also be filled with filth and distractions.
Our Story
“A platform is only as good as it’s users.” (Neistat, 2012) I agree with Neistat and I also believe the relationship goes both ways. It’s about sharing your story and staying truthful to your story. It’s also about the users you follow. Following people that do not align with your “theme” or if they don’t inspire you to make yourself better, then they’re not worth following. I loved the dialogue regarding Justin Beiber, not that he’s a bad person but every moment he shares is a different angle of his face, aka selfies. I believe we all know these type of users, again not bad people as they may be extremely successful but there’s no substance or story behind the flooding of a timeline with selfies.
Find Your Theme
Neistat mentions that we should find our theme. Who are we? What’s our purpose? What’s our story? Once you know your theme or path, share it. I truly believe that man sharpens man like steel sharpens steel, in others networking with others will make us-each other better. I also believe we are who we surround ourselves with, in real life and social media. As educators, we became educators because we love helping others. My overall big idea is the sharing of my story-my life, to help others. From faith, family, fitness and Teaching. I love all of these and I share it. To boast what you love instead of bashing what we hate. I am so thankful for the hundreds of others I follow that do the same and the uniqueness they bring to social media, one picture at a time.
Professional Instagram
My personal story is my theme for my personal instagram account but going through the EDL 680 class, I began my professional Instagram account with the teaching theme in mind. I’m looking forward to having an account that mainly focuses on my craft, helping others, sharing of ideas, strategies and the networking possibilities with fellow educators.
References
Neistat, C. [CaseyNeistat]. (2012). Instagram I Love you. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com