By @samdemuro
How would Abe Lincoln have stood out
on Twitter? Would social media have
propelled the voices of women who were
often historically in the background?
Apart from helping to engage students
in important content (such as speeches
and documents), this is a good exercise
in determining main points and platforms,
branding, poetry, and concepts and
catchphrases that resonate.
Students can use cool tools to jazz up
these social media campaigns, such as
Recite, Canva and Adobe Spark , which
let you create appealing visuals (shown
are examples created with Recite,
above, and Canva, left). They are free,
with some premium features.
TRENDING
Users are creating photo col-
lages in Instagram and other
apps of three fictional characters
they identify with (from T V, movies
and books), such as the example
above. Try making your own, or
challenge your students by using
#3Characters.
Mixing
History
and Social
Media
e mega-success of the musical Hamilton, where Cabinet meetings
turn into freestyle rap battles, has many educators thinking about how
historical figures and political campaigns might have fared in 2016.
GLOSSARY: #MondayMotivation
and #WednesdayWisdom These hashtags
trending on Twitter are where users share
inspirational quotes and links, often about
education. Teachers can use these themes
to start their Mondays and Wednesdays, get
students to submit their own, etc.
What's Your Superpower?
#OurVoiceOurUnion
#WeAreCTA
For our full social media
directory, see cta.org/social
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facebook.com/
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@WeAreCTA
Watch this #Yeson58 video, bit.ly/2dnwLVL
13 October 2016
digital buzz
in the know
Source: EdSurge
"IT IS TRUE THAT IN THE
ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY THIS QUESTION OF SLAVERY
WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
ANY OTHER." — ABE LINCOLN