USING PINTEREST AS A MEDIUM FOR STUDENT ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGH INDIVIDUAL DISCOVERY OF RELEVANT

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Gordon B. SchmidtOrganizational Leadership

IPFWOBTC 2015

06/18/2015

SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM

With many students familiar with and interested in social media sites, such sites can be tools for engagement

Sites can be tools or features that help learning

Has anyone here used social media in classroom?

WHAT IS PINTEREST?“Pinterest is a place to discover ideas for all your projects and interests, hand-picked by people like you” (Pinterest, 2015)

Pinterest is a digital bulletin board that acts as a means of visual discovery, collection of images and links, easy medium for sharing, and a storage/organization tool for things of interest to a user

They conceptualize Pinterest as like a physical pin board

Who uses Pinterest?

WHAT FEATURES DOES PINTEREST PROVIDE?Provides a visual medium in which to store pictures, links, videos, infographics

You can title boards and sort “pins” to appropriate boards

You can offer personal descriptions or commentary on each thing pinned

You can see other people’s boards and pinsFollow boards to be informed of new contentFor a pin you can like the pin or repin it on one of your own boards

You can also message other users

WHAT VALUE DO THESE FEATURES PROVIDE?Allow users to share content from anywhere on the web or their own computer (as long as it is/is represented by a visual, a picture or a video)

Creates a visual board users can scroll through to look at content

Boards can be collaborativeMultiple authors on one boardCan repin content from other boardsCan share content from others, too

Through your title or comment you can express your own opinion/info

EXAMPLES OF PINTEREST USE IN CLASSROOM

Pinterest has been used in some classroomsSuggesting additional reading materialsGiving examples related to contentStudents share stories or examplesPosting of student artPeer review of content

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MY CLASS CONTEXT

OLS 37500- Training Methods

Teach students about how to design and run training programs in organizational settings

Understand general principles of training and running a training program

The course is a hybrid sectionIn person 1 hour 15 minutes a week, other weekly session online https://www.pinterest.com/iopsychology/ols-3753m-training-methods-spring-2015/Wanted to encourage active learning and discovery

HOW I USE IN CLASSI pair Pinterest posts with Blackboard message board posts

Pinterest is used as a medium for students to share relevant content on a topic area they found (Tyler, Anderson, & Tyler, 2009)Students find a relevant video clip, blog entry, or picture and “Pin” it on the course websiteThey give a 2 sentence description of the content they pin and how it connects They then go to the course Blackboard forum to write a more full description analyzing the contentOther students then comment on those posts

EXAMPLE ASSIGNMENT: PERFORMANCE GAP

“Choose a clip online that shows a performance gap at an organization” (So where workers are not doing behaviors or performing at a level expected)

The students then write a 2 sentence summary

On Blackboard they discuss how they would do

a needs analysis to figure out why this happened

other students then comment with other

things to look at to figure out the issue

EXAMPLE ASSIGNMENT: DESIGN PROGRAM AROUND CLIPFind a safety training program clip and post to Pinterest

Design a program that could use the clip as part of training

POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN OTHER CLASSES“Find a quote on leadership and describe how it relate to or disagrees with what we have learned in class”

“Find an example of a worker treated unfairly. What type of organizational justice is being violated?”

“Find a blog/video of a legal case related to employment discrimination”

“Create own video on topic and post to class Pinterest”

Visual elements often work best for Pinterest

PITFALLS AND ISSUES FOR CLASSGetting students signed up

Need to follow board and get pinning privileges assigned by me

Some students are very familiar with the site while others are notNeed to realize one student understanding how to use doesn’t mean everyone else will immediately

No sub-boards to better classify content

May need to pair with other learning management system for best use

QUESTIONS & DISCUSSIONHow might you use Pinterest in your classroom?

What questions do you have?

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