Pinterest in the Classroom

1.What did you learn from the PINTEREST activity?

I use Pinterest on a daily basis, so this assignment was a review for me. However, I have learned that there are so many resourceful teaching boards on Pinterest. The possibilies are endless because there are so many people pinning about education advancements, technologies, and resources.  

2.How do you believe you will utilize PINTEREST as a teacher?  

I think I will use Pinterest mainly for lesson planning because there are so many creative and unique lesson ideas on Pinterest available to teachers. There is still not a lot I know about technology in classrooms, so I will probably use it to research that.

3.What are the strengths of PINTEREST?

One strength of Pinterest is that there are hundreds of thousands of people pinning so there is limitless information available to you in seconds. You can find people based on their interests, occupations, and skills with a quick search. Also your friends on pinterest can suggest pins and send them to you if their similar to things you normally post. I often get sugggested pins from some of my friends who are teachers. Another strength is that Pinterest is very user-friendly and self explanatory. Whenever the app/webpage updates, it gives you step by step instructions on how to use the website/application. Pinterest is great for teachers when brainstorming on what they want to teach. Teachers can also include their students in pinterest by having them create boards for projects and portfolios.

4.What are some of the challenges of PINTEREST?

Some of the challenges are that often their are broken links connected to some pins. A user has removed a webpage, copyright issues, or inappropriate content to name a few problems. Another challenge is that as far as social media goes, there is not a whole lot of options for communicating with others, but that is not really the point of Pinterest. Pinterest is more for personal inspiration and imagination than communication. You also have to be careful who you follow because some users load up their Pinterest accounts with spam posts.

5.What comments, questions, thoughts, opinions, and/or feedback do you have about PINTEREST?

Questions:

Is Pinterest appropriate for young children?

Is there a way to block certain pins/boards that would not be appropriate for children?

Are there any top kindergarten boards I should look into?

Is there a way to report broken links or inappropriate pins?

Comments:

Pinterest is very addicting!! 

Pinterest is also very resourceful to just about anyone.

I think it would be great if there was an application/website that is like Pinterest but specifically for teachers.

If teachers do allow there students to use this application, make sure you are monitoring there searches. There is a lot of freedom with this application.