Pinterest is an amazing tool for
teachers wanting to find ideas and resources for the classroom. I love how you
can find ideas for anything: classroom management, home decorating, activities,
babies, workouts, etc. Pinterest is an easy way to keep track of the pins you
make by saving them in different boards. I have created several boards based on
the different content areas. This just helps me keep track of the activities I
have liked and can later use. It saves me of having papers stored in folders
that I then forget to use.
My first
idea for using Pinterest is for finding activities, classroom decorating ideas,
lessons, and anchor charts for kindergarten. I chose kindergarten because it is
the grade level I currently teach. I have used this social network, Pinterest,
in the past two years to find ideas for writing, to find fun and engaging math
activities for my students. Finding apps that are grade level appropriate for
my students is another way I would use Pinterest. In this case, I would be
learning different activities that can be used with this grade level. If they
moved me to another grade level, I would use it to find everything related to
the other grade level.
The second
idea would be for me to use with 5th graders in Science. Students need to do
science projects every year, and for some it is hard to find ideas of what they
can do. So the week that projects are announced, I would have my students
search Pinterest and create a board named Science Projects. I would have them
look for ideas and pin them to their board. This would give them an idea to
research several projects and then look at their ideas and decide what they
want to do.
The third
idea would be for teaching and collaborating with the other teachers in my
grade level. In our school, we have designated days for planning as a grade
level. When we plan together we look at the TEKS for the whole 9 weeks and then
we looks for activities. We always use Pinterest to look for the activities. We
would look for ideas for anchor charts especially when teaching new concepts to
our students. This would be another form of us teachers learning together.
I loved
using Pinterest. I think it is a great tool for anyone searching for ideas and
resources, it does not matter what you’re looking for. Lately I have been using
it not just for school, but also for tips on my baby. I think Pinterest can be
used for teaching and learning and can be used by anyone.
Pintrest is a great way of getting ideas for your classroom, which is something that I forgot to mention in my blog. I also teach 5th grade Science, and I also feel that students can use Pintrest as a tool to obtain ideas, as well as share and compare. Anchor charts are another good ideas that you mentioned for Pintrest, they are very useful in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteHello Claudia,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in that pinterest is a great tool to find ideas for many topics, themes and decorations. I now see it more as a tool as you mentioned to integrate many of these ideas in the classroom. The first time I came across this platform I saw it mostly for personal use rather than an educational resource. Know that I have taken time to crate a board and add pins my point of view about it has totally changed. This is a great resource to obtain ideas and collaborate with peers to implement innovative strategies and to learn about other colleagues. Thank you for sharing
Claudia,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are a master with Pinterest! A creative teacher makes for an effective one. I love the sharing among your colleagues with the TEKs. This is an excellent idea for teachers to collaborate with the curriculum gaps between grade levels. Having everyone unified and engaged on Pinterest is an awesome idea. I could see you using Google.doc as well. Keep doing great things!
Linda
Hi Claudia,
ReplyDeleteI really like your ideas on how to use Pinterest. I too, find this Web tool very useful and I can see how it would enhance your classroom experience. Also, how you would utilize Pinterest along with TEKS to create or use the activities that are already in Pinterest and use them for duration of the TEKS 9 weeks.
Claudia,
ReplyDeleteI loved all of your ideas. Just like you, I taught kindergarten for three years and Pinterest became my mentor and best friend. The main reason why I used it was to look up activities for my students, especially centers.
You gave me a great idea on creating a board for science projects. My son has his science project due next month and we are clueless on what we are going to do. He will have so much fun if I make him do this! Thank you!
Hi Claudia, I agree with you Pinterest is full of great ideas that teachers can use and implement in the classroom. You are right Pinterest is an easy way to keep track of the pins you make by saving them in different boards. I like your ideas to be implemented in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteHi Claudia, I also think that Pinterest is a great tool for teachers. I sign on every time I am looking for something creative to use in the classroom. I liked your Story Elements and Genres boards. I found some pins I liked. I also liked your ideas on how to use Pinterest in the classroom for different grade levels.
ReplyDeleteHi Claudia; I like your Pinterest board and how you are connected the activities into your classroom, I find very interesting the math solid figures because I am a math teacher I believe that is necessary that students connect the matematics with tools that help them to understand the subject matter. Great Blog
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ReplyDeleteClaudia,
Thank you for sharing your ideas for how you would implement Pinterest in the educational setting. I have used Pinterest for ideas on neat anchor charts for 5th grade reading, and there are countless boards available on Pinterest that have fun, creative, and resourceful ideas for classroom decorations as well. :o) Thank you for sharing your great ideas. :o)
All the best. :o)
-Melissa Holt-