From this Pinterest activity I learned how to use and navigate through Pinterest because I had never used it before this activity. I learned that there are endless things to find on Pinterest that can help me in and out of the classroom. I also learned how to create boards and how to pin things to those boards in order to keep my pins organized.
As a teacher, I believe I will utilize Pinterest in many different ways. I think I will use it to find fun activities that can spice up a boring lesson. I will also use it to find ways to make my classroom more engaging and organized. Pinterest can also help me as a teacher by leading me to other teacher blogs that can give me insight and tips on becoming a better teacher and show me ways to keep the class interesting.
One of the strengths of Pinterest is that there seems to be an endless amount of pins and ideas that relate to my classroom. Another strength is that it is very easy to keep ideas separated and organized by pinning things to different boards. The search method is also a strength I noticed on Pinterest. This is because you can search by keywords which is very helpful.
Some challenges of Pinterest are making sure that the pin you're looking for relates well to your lesson plan/classroom. Another challenge is making sure that the pins you're looking at are reliable and useful for what you're doing in the classroom. One last challenge of using Pinterest is there isn't always something for what you're exactly looking for.
Overall, I never really expected to use Pinterest in general, let alone in my classroom, but after this exercise it is definitely something I plan on using. It was easy to use and easy to keep everything organized. There were countless ideas, lesson plans, activities and helpful tips that would benefit the classroom that I believe it would be silly not to utilize this tool.
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