and Pedagogy

Dr. Merryellen Towey Schulz

College of Saint Mary

Inservice

August 14, 2014

What Pinterest says about itself….

"Pinterest is a tool for collecting and organizing things you love" (Pinterest.com).

At the bottom of the page they say, "Pinterest is a tool for collecting and organizing the things that inspire you."

Authentic integration of technology Social medium

that allows users to share

ideas and information

Place to collaborate on

projects

Tools to make boards that are

open to everyone

Tools to make some open to

invited members only

Write up to 500 words to

comment on or describe a pin

Visual record of information and

ideas

Record of Children’s Books Assignment Pinterest Board

An educated and well-informed teacher has experienced wide reading of children’s books for

knowledge and appreciation of books, authors, and illustrators from each of the genres of children's literature.

A record of your reading and evaluation of books read will be a requirement for this course. Format will be to create a Pinterest Board for Children’s Literature and post your reviews there. Please feel free to review books discussed in this and other classes, i.e. Informational Books,

Biographies or Historical Fiction from Teaching Natural & Social Science. Your Record of Books must include a minimum of 50 books. Minimum requirements for each major category are:

Type or Genre Number Reviews

Picture Books 10

Post a photo of the book to your Pinterest board. For each book, in 60 to 75 words, provide: A short summary Notable physical features How you would use it in teaching Grade levels in which to use it

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Traditional Literature (Folk, fairy tales, fables, etc.) 7

Contemporary Realistic Fiction (Intermediate level) 5

Modern Fantasy & Science Fiction 5

Historical Fiction 3

Biography 3

Poetry 7

Informational Books 7

Books about using literature 2

Media* 1

*Media reviews involve viewing a video or film or listening to an audiotape/CD based upon a children’s book and reading the original text. The student will compare and critique the audiovisual interpretation. Selection must be approved by the instructor.

Students Use

Collect Information

Brainstorm and

Collaborate

ProjectsLocate

Images and Videos

Teachers Use

Books and Book Lists

Collaborate

Lesson Plans and Ideas Content

Student Work on Pinterest

Children’s Literature

Portfolio Tech Boards

Benefits

The ability of the students to share their work and to learn from each other increased the knowledge they gained from the course.

BenefitsStudents discovered that many teachers use Pinterest to generously share teaching ideas, lesson plans and learning activities. •Early exposure to these resources will be valuable to them as they proceed through their teacher preparation programs and will serve them well as them become practicing teachers.

Transparency of the student products•Unfortunately, in the past, there had been instances of plagiarism issues that arose out of the record of books assignment. By publishing everyone's work for all to see, this problem was virtually eliminated.

The visual format of the Pinterest presentation of the books will promote use of a wider selection of books as viewers can quickly become attracted by a picture of a book's cover than by just a written summary of those books.

Student Feedback

"I was really scared at first, because I had never used Pinterest, but it was so much fun."

"I never heard of Pinterest before this class, and now I am addicted."

Pin Boards for Other Disciplines

AnalyticsBiology

Business

EnglishMathematics

Nursing

Occupational TherapyPsychologyTheology

Pin Boards for Higher Ed

Organizational Leadership• Change• Integrity

Doctoral Studies• Qualitative Research• Quantitative Research

Professional Development• Assessment• Syllabi

Links

Educanvas

Educlipper

Edutopia: Pinterest for Educators?

Learnist

Professors Peers and Pinterest

Scoop.it

Stephen’s Lighthouse Blog

How Colleges Use Pinterest