Pinterested in Education
Posted: March 8, 2012 Filed under: Promising Practices, Technology and Learning Leave a comment »
I haven’t figured out Pinterest yet, but I think I’ll be checking this out. Via Teaching Now at Education Week:
Prominent Edublogger Alexander Russo, somewhat reluctantly, has jumped on the Pinterest bandwagon, creating a pinboard called “Hot for Education 2012.” …
Pinterest, if you’re not familiar with it, is the latest social-media craze. Often described as a scrapbooking tool, it lets you organize and share images—and other tidbits—gathered from around the Web. …
We hear that teachers have been active on Pinterest, using it both for classroom projects (in which, for example, students pin materials to a lesson-specific board) and topical explorations. Let us know if you are using it or if you see anything that teachers in particular might want to know about.
