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Instagram is the New Pinterest for Teachers

While Pinterest is still a great place to gather ideas for your classroom, Instagram is moving up in the ranks as a new teacher favorite. Just like Pinterest, teachers can take inspiration from real classroom teachers, gather resources and stay on top of what’s new.  Get ready for some educational eye candy, because we’ve rounded up our favorite teacher Instagram pages into one stellar list for you. Prepare to be inspired!

Educational

Follow these Instagram accounts for quick professional learning, energizing lesson ideas, and classroom design inspiration.

Teacher Budget Babe

Great teaching tips, student stories and classroom photos from teachers all over the Instagram landscape.

 

 

 

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💥KABOOM💥Looking for a easy but effective learning game! Grab some popsicle sticks, you can write or if you’re like me and love to label. Write a-z, then 3 kabooms. Put them upside down in a container. The kids sit in a circle and pick a letter if they get it right they keep the stick, if it’s wrong they put it back. When someone draws kaboom, everyone counts 54321 💥KABOOM💥 then that kid puts their letters back in, then keep on going ! #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #teacherlife #teacherlife🍎 #teacherinspiration #teacherbloggers #teacherideas #literacymatters #earlyeducation #earlyeducationmatters #abc #teachershare #teacherstatus #teachertips

A post shared by Teacherbudgetbabe (@teacherbudgetbabe) on Mar 27, 2019 at 7:41am PDT

Teaching Channel

Watch, share, and learn diverse teaching techniques.

 

 

 

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It’s never easy to establish new routines, but once you do, it can amplify the engagement in class. I love the way Ms. Brewer has taught her 5th graders to enter the discussion in many ways. ALL students, no matter the age, can benefit from this one. Enjoy! _ Copy and paste this link [https://bit.ly/2wp4qr8] in your browser or search “Thumbs Up! Signals to Encourage Active Listening” on the site. _ #engagement #discussion #handsignals #raisingyourhand #establishroutines #sbwtakeover

A post shared by Teaching Channel (@teachingchannel) on Aug 28, 2018 at 2:49pm PDT

Smithsonian

Mini history bites in your Instagram feed to spark lesson ideas.

 

 

 

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Born 100 years ago today, Fred T. Korematsu fought a lifelong struggle to right an injustice that the U.S. government brought upon thousands of Japanese American citizens during World War II. He was a welder in California before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942, American citizens of Japanese ancestry and Japanese nationals were forced into incarceration. Korematsu refused. He was sent to federal prison, then a camp with his family. He challenged the legality of the detention, but it was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1944. In 1983, he petitioned to reopen the case and a lower court found in his favor. His conviction was overturned, but not the Supreme Court's decision. Congress apologized and awarded each survivor $20,000. Portrait from our @smithsoniannpg.

A post shared by Smithsonian (@smithsonian) on Jan 30, 2019 at 2:30pm PST

Edutopia

Great teaching tips, and best practices from this respected source.

 

 

 

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Feel free to steal this idea from middle school teacher @aliciajohal.💡 #teachersofinstagram #teacherinspiration

A post shared by Edutopia (@edutopia) on Mar 12, 2019 at 4:59pm PDT

Teacher2teacher

Teachers sharing and learning from each other.

 

 

 

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This #bingo board offers educators at teacher Lindsay Kemeny's school options for learning together. Think you might try it? #T2T #TeachersOfInstagram #AnchorChart #Education

A post shared by Teacher2Teacher (@tchr2tchr) on Mar 3, 2019 at 8:00am PST

Grade Level/Content Specific

The following Instagram accounts provide TONS of great ideas and resources for teachers of specific grade levels and content specialists.

Sharing Kindergarten

Kinder tales and inspiration!

 

 

 

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After learning about presidents all week, we integrated our math chat. Here was our data we collected. #sharingkindergarten

A post shared by Sharing Kindergarten (@sharingkindergarten) on Feb 16, 2019 at 11:28am PST

A Primary Kind of Life

Classroom snapshots and teaching tips for elementary teachers.

 

 

 

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Goodbye headphone hot mess. 👋🏼🎧 Hello pretty earbuds that I couldn’t help but organize by color and number, which also “happen to” coordinate with my chromebook colors and numbers... 🌈😬🤷🏻‍♀️ (earbuds and cases are linked in my profile) #ofcourse #typeateacher #ocdteacher #classroomorganization #rainboweverything #notsorry #ihateheadphones

A post shared by A Primary Kind of Life (@aprimarykindoflife) on Feb 24, 2019 at 3:37pm PST

The Daring English Teacher

Great high school English lesson ideas and resources.

 

 

 

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After reading the myth of Icarus and analyzing six different pieces of art, I had my one sophomore class (yes, I have a singleton) vote for their favorite piece. There’s two things I learned: my kids didn’t select the painting I thought they would, and it appears that they also didn’t quite master the art of voting once 😂. I definitely do not have that many students in one class. We are capped at 36 per class! #secondarya #nctevillage #iteachhighschoolenglish #iteachhighschool #englishteacher #teachersofinstagram #teacher #teachers #teachersfollowteachers #teacherlife #daringenglishwhiteboard #teacherproblems

A post shared by The Daring English Teacher (@thedaringenglishteacher) on Mar 4, 2019 at 5:49pm PST

Art Projects for Teachers

Easy project ideas and tutorials for classroom teachers and art specialists.

 

 

 

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Rainy weather goin on? ☔️ Let it inspire your art. It doesn’t have to be complicated, this was painted by a little girl when she was in kindergarten. See profile for link with tutorial. #artteacher #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram

A post shared by Kathy Barbro (@artprojectsforkids) on Mar 6, 2019 at 8:06am PST

Kesler Science

Engaging ideas for busy science teachers.

 

 

 

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I really like these atoms models from Mrs. Harris' class. . .#teacher #teachers #teachersofig #teachersofinstagram #science #teacherspayteachers #stem #iteachtoo #scienceteacher #scienceteachers #sciencenerd #sciencerules #scienceclass #sciencerocks #iteachscience #scienceteachersrock #scienceteacherlife #scienceteachersofinstagram #middleschoolteacher #keslerscience

A post shared by Chris Kesler 🔬Science Lessons (@keslerscience) on Oct 27, 2018 at 5:54am PDT

Just for Fun

Check out these Instagram pages for an extra dose of zen and humor!

Bored Teachers

 

 

 

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It's real. (via @TeacherTroubles)

A post shared by Bored Teachers (@bored_teachers) on Mar 25, 2019 at 6:01am PDT

What's This Cloud

Beautiful cloud photos.  Totally zen!

 

 

 

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Clouds lining up perfectly... just begging to have their picture taken! 😍 ⠀ Today's photo is courtesy of Keita Wangari, a cloud photographer and enthusiast based in California. Check out her wonderful cloud art and photos at @cloudify. 📷⠀ ⠀ ⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The clouds featured are classified as 'stratocumulus undulatus’ (Sc un). Visit our profile URL to learn more. 🎓⠀ ⠀ ☁️ Stratocumulus: Low, puffy layer⠀ ☁️ Undulatus: Wavelike, undulating⠀ ⠀ 📅 & 📍: Fort Mason, San Francisco, California - January 13, 2019⠀ ⠀ #stratocumulus #stratocumulusclouds #undulatus #cawx #instacloud #cloudlovers #cloudlife #cloudsession_ #cloudart #cloudappreciationsociety #cloudgram #cloudformations #cloudwatchers #cloudsgram #cloudpatterns #cloud_magic #cloudobsessed #cloudcollector #cloud_collection

A post shared by WhatsThisCloud ⛅️ (@whatsthiscloud) on Jan 25, 2019 at 7:17am PST

Target Teachers

Because what teacher doesn’t LOVE a trip to Target?!

 

 

 

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@thebrightsunflower is using toothbrush travel containers for pencil storage! -each student gets five pencils, one for each day of the week -every Friday they sharpen all the pencils -at the end of each month they get five new pencils

A post shared by Michelle & Hadar (@targetteachers) on Feb 16, 2019 at 1:52pm PST

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