TikTok in K-12

Investigations

Examples of TikTok being used in school assignments:

  1. Fresno Unified School District, California
    • “Students are encouraged to team up to create and post a TikTok in response to the official Tehipite Middle School positive challenge. Student posts earn points towards swag and awesome prizes.”
  2. Whittier Union High School District, California
  1. Connecticut State Department of Education
  1. Peoria Public Schools, Illinois
    • My Choice Board: Chemistry; “Create a Flipgrid or TikTok video explaining what classification five different substances around your house fit into.
  1. West Noble High School, Indiana
    • “Composition: For Monday & Wednesday choose and 2 out of the 4 options below (one for each day):
      • TikTok/video your quarantine transformation from beginning to end.”
  1. DeSoto County School District, Mississippi
  1. BelovED Community Charter School, New Jersey
  1. Newark Board of Education, New Jersey
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  1. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

  1. El Paso Independent School District, Texas

  1. La Porte Independent School District, Texas

Additionally, there are national organizations that encourage the use of TikTok:

National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

American School Counselor Association (ASCA)