Snapchat is an ephemeral photo-sending app
and now a huge trend among our students: with this application, available for both iOS and Android, users / snappers can take photos, record videos, add text and
even include drawings on the snap and finally send it to one or more
recipients. The snaps are automatically deleted shortly after they are opened /
viewed according to the time (1 to 10 secs) set beforehand by the sender. In
case you do want to keep the snap you got, you can take a printscreen, but the
sender will get that notification.
So,
So,
2. When you start the app, you’ll see a
large round button on its interface which is the camera button. When you press
it, a photo will be taken, and if you hold the button a very short video
lasting up to 10secs will be recorded. After that, one can add text by tapping the snap and / or draw onto the image by using an icon on your phone’s top right hand
corner. Snaps can be sent to the ones you choose from your list of contacts /
other snappers!
I’ve “played” and experimented this app
with my eldest kid and I believe we can also use this in class, for example,
for a speaking activity if our sts also have it installed: take a snap and send
it to students as a speaking prompt!
Check this tutorial, too:
Easy and fast, right? Obviously free to
download and install, too! This is one of the coolest tools but also one of the
most controversial.
Snapchat has quickly risen much like
Instagram while, at the same time, teens are losing interest in Facebook…
Indeed, the fact that it allows us to create perishable photos, gives parents
and teachers huge headaches. If we think about this for a while, we easily
reach the conclusion that if it can be used for fun and for educational
purposes, it has been causing a lot of worries worldwide due to sexting and
cyberbullying … perverts as paedophiles are also said to be among its top users…
In any case, here is an info guide for concerned parents and educators developed by http://www.connectsafely.org/ .
Happy Snapping :)
