Pinterest can be used to enhance teaching and learning in several ways:
1) Teachers and students can create boards to collect and organize resources on various topics, sharing them to increase engagement and collaboration.
2) Students take more ownership over their learning by developing their own boards based on their interests and passions.
3) Following experts, organizations, and each other exposes students to real-world connections and new perspectives beyond textbooks.
4. People sometimes collect the
strangest things (socks).
Photo source:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/taboo/galleries/weird-collections/at/surrounded-by-socks-57811/
5. Pinterest is a great way to collect things
online. Yes, it's addictive
17. Students can use it to find, save and organise
content.
eg. Art students can
● collect visual ideas, art info and tutorials.
● They follow their teacher and peers.
● They make choices (individualisation).
● They take responsibility for their learning.
What can you imagine your students doing with
Pinterest?
57. How does this enhance student
learning?
● Increase student engagement because students own their own
collections (boards) and take charge of their learning
● Passive to active - students do not rely on teacher to provide
learning resources
● Opportunities for differentiation and passion-driven learning
● Sharing amongst peers increases community (social learning)
● Collaborative practices increased
● Connection to real-world, not textbook but people (experts)
58. Higher order thinking
● Development of higher order thinking through
evaluation of quality, relevant resources,
selection and organisation
● Creation of conceptual collections
59. Digital literacies
● using the search function to find pins, pinners,
boards
● locating experts (evaluating people as
authoritative/expert)
● curating online
60. Differentiated teaching
● When you look at student boards, the quality of
their choices reveals their thinking processes,
ability to research and understanding
of topic/theme/ category.
● Quick way of checking students’ understanding
of the topic
61. What is your focus?
Find and share what
you see.