Tech Tip Tuesday

Pinterest is a great resource for creating your Personal Learning Network (PLN).  Pinterest is a social media site that allows users to create and share virtual bulletin boards, or pinboards. This is a great way for teachers to virtually organize their files. You can use Pinterest to bookmark blogs or other sites that inspire your lessons, you can collect lesson and activity ideas without cluttering up your teacher desk or adding a file cabinet to your already overcrowded classroom.

Setting up a Pinterest account is easy:

Go to www.pinterest.com and follow the prompts to create an account. You can even login or create a Pinterest account using your FaceBook account. Need more information? Click here to see what it’s all about. Need even more information? Click here to learn the basics.

What should you pin? Anything you want!! (Or anything that is allowed in the terms and conditions.) Create boards for Professional Books. How many times have you attended a workshop and someone mentions a book that you must read? Pinterest is a great way to keep those organized and since there is a Pinterest app for your phone you will always have your reading list at your fingertips. You don’t have to do all the work yourself. You can follow other people and see what they are pinning. That is the beauty of social media and PLNs. You can look around outside of your school building for inspiration and teaching tips.

Other boards you might think about creating:

Grade level boards

Content boards

Math strategies

Reading strategies

Literacy ideas

Classroom management and organization

Freebies

Social Studies

Read alouds

Your boards are only limited by your imagination. J Happy pinning.