Do You Use Instagram?: The Presence of Social Networks in the Foreign Language Classroom.

Abstract

This chapter explores the uses of social networks, specifically of Instagram, in a Content and Language-Integrated Learning (CLIL) History and Valencian classroom in a high school context. The authors provide an overview of all the benefits and disadvantages of using Instagram in the classroom as an example on how to provide learners with content and interaction anytime and anywhere (as proposed within the ubiquitous learning methodology). Moreover, the chapter presents and discusses an example on how this platform could be used in any classroom and to teach any subject (with a real example implemented in a Spanish Contemporary History class in a high school in Spain) and ends with an explanation and tips on how to specifically implement this platform in the classroom.