I am slowly becoming addicted to Pinterest. Again, I have to thank the young teachers at my school for getting me to pay attention to this tool. I started playing around on Pinterest early and just got back to it. I love the visualness of it. I love the ways that I can pay attention to professional and personal links all at the same time. I love how easy it is to find great things and how easy it is to keep them organized. I like that I can save/pin great recipes to try. I love that I can follow companies Cheesecake Boutique and Team Sparkle. I've recently discovered that Pinterest is also good for professional thinking. I love the ways different teachers I follow are using Pinterest to collect ideas, things to try, books for unit planning, etc. I have several boards and mine currently include Library Thinking, Literacy, Things I Want to Buy, In Case I Ever Get Crafty, Books, Fitness, Things That Make Me Laugh, Ideas I Like, Teaching, Technology Learning and more. I am starting to pay attention to the ideas others have for boards and I am learning so much. So many possibilities! I thought I'd share some of my favorite boards that connect to teaching:
CHOICE LITERACY Off the Walls
JILL FISCH Pattern Book Genre Study
KATIE KEIER Classroom Spaces to Live & Learn In
ANN MARIE CORGILL Books and Display Ideas
JULIE RAMSEY'S Learning Spaces and Ideas to Try in the Classroom
STELLA VILLALBA Book Magic
MR SCHU READS Food
CRITICAL LITERACY/VIVIAN VASQUEZ Websites
And, guess what? Kelly at The Book Butcher has started a new Friday tradition--sharing your favorite pins. Check it out and join in!
