Do you supply links to teachers who are looking for resources? Or, do you provide teacher workshops where you show new collections or tools for them to consider in honing their craft? There are lots of Pinterest lovers out there, so this might be right up their alley! More than 500,000 education-related items are posted each day to Pinterest, and educators can easily share teaching ideas, but where do you grab hold of such a vast resource? Start with this site and if it really catches on in your school, consider creating a Pinterest account for your district so teachers can pin and share what works best. You will look brilliant for getting them started!
Note: Pinterest is considered an AASL Best Website for Teaching and Learning
Our friends at Edudemic are busily gathering and organizing ed tech boards that exist on Pinterest. Take a look at 20 great resources from teachers, admins and students around the world. As you link to the article, please note that Edudemic is asking for your favorites too, so they can add them into their growing list.
In March 2010, the first beta (prototype) site for Pinterest was launched with limited access to a small group of professional colleagues along with close friends and family of it’s co-founders. The purpose of the site was to allow users to bookmark or “pin” images, videos, etc. in which they found of “interest” to virtual bulletin boards, categorized by themes.
By February 2013, Pinterest boasted more than 48 million users and was valued at $2.5 billion dollars (Reuters). Growing in popularity among students of all ages, Edudemic posted a quick guide to rethinking how students could effectively use Pinterest. Click here to read the full article.
In reviewing the top posts of 2012 on the eLearning Site, I stumbled upon this one, which will appeal to our Pinterest addicts out there. Pinterest continues to gain steam in helping teachers and students alike to explore new ways to learn, share, teach, and grow. Read this blog post to visit 25 great Pinterest boards in EduTech. Many are maintained by major educational websites, key figures in edtech, and well-known bloggers, but others were created by teachers just like you who simply want to share resources and tips with others in education. The full blog post is at http://tinyurl.com/a23cvd6
Laura Perenic writes: “As a self-confessed book-cover judger, displays of jacket art and themed book displays make my mental taste buds water. Imagine my delight when I realized that Pinterest, in addition to having loads of other content, is a veritable smorgasbord of fiction suggestions to please my young adult (YA) palate. As a fan of an author’s work, you can follow their page, boards, and pins for the latest news. Many teen authors use Pinterest to reach their audience; and YA Highway has a compiled list of YA authors using Pinterest.
Full blog post at YALSA The Hub, Nov. 12
Source of snippet: American Libraries Direct 11/14/2012
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Do you supply links to teachers who are looking for resources? Or, do you provide teacher workshops where you show new collections or tools for them to consider in honing their craft? There are lots of Pinterest lovers out there, so this might be right up their alley! More than 500,000 education-related items are posted each day to Pinterest, and educators can easily share teaching ideas, but where do you grab hold of such a vast resource? Start with this site and if it really catches on in your school, consider creating a Pinterest account for your district so teachers can pin and share what works best. You will look brilliant for getting them started!
