What is Pinterest?

It’s a website that allows you to “pin” or bookmark things that you find useful, interesting and inspirational on line.  It stores all these materials and resources for you so you can access them anytime you want or need them.

Uses of Pinterest in the classroom:

• To get inspiration on presenting lessons, decorating classrooms, fun ideas for a new project.
• To organize ideas by creating different boards or folders within Pinterest.
• To create a class board where students can post interesting articles, images, videos
• To swap lessons and ideas from other teachers.
• To get updated as far as new tech resources, innovative teaching methods and new educational products
• To use as research boards where students can create boards for different classroom topics, assignments and pins relevant articles, images, videos or materials from Pinterest.  They can work in groups or individually.
• To use Online bibliography – have students use a board as an online poster with pins to online contents and images.

Advantages of Pinterest

• Very visual
• Easy to use
• Can easily organize your material
• See above  for more advantages

Disadvantages of Pinterest

• Doesn’t protect copyright
• Can be addictive
• Can only be accessed with internet connection
• No Android app
• Have some privacy issues 

How to create a board in Pinterest

1. Sign into your Pinterest account.
2. Click on your profile on the left side corner of the board.  You will be directed to all your pins. 
3. Click the “Create A Board” option
4. You will be asked to enter basic information about your board such as name, category and who can pin on this board.  Once, information is properly filled out, click the “create board”.

   5. Then begin looking for materials and start pinning

Below is the link to my pinterest board.

https://www.pinterest.com/jrtm68/process-of-writing/