I am new to this app called “Instagram”…I don’t know if anyone else has heard of it or not. I have been pondering this concept of having a class Instagram. With an Instagram name like “Mr. Toy’s 3rd Grade” I could create a private, monitored Instagram account. 
With this the parents and family members of students as well as students and teachers could “follow” my classroom account and see the projects the class has created throughout the school year. On this account the class would decide to post pictures of certain projects, art work, class books, class pet(s), etc. Their faces or names would not be shown EVER. I would be the only to have access to post pictures, and the privacy settings would all be turned on, but the students family members who would follow the page could see what the class is up to, what projects we are working on, the progressions of projects, and the great books we have been reading.
Assessment
When it comes to assessment, I would upload pictures of assessments (projects, pictures of presentations, ect) but I would not use Instagram as an assessment. This would be used as amother media tool to keep parents, family, and other teachers even more connected with the classroom. Image from: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=instagram&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=00B825644B7A01372EBFF0C88254DF57A21924E8&selectedIndex=1