12 Ways to use pinterest in the classroom Rob Tidrow Technology Coordinator Richmond Community Schools weRrichmond.com Pinterest: RobTidrow Twitter: @robtidrow Facebook: RichmondSchools
12 ways pinterest
Sep 14, 2014
Presented as a 2 hour workshop at Indiana ICE Conference in October 2013 by Rob Tidrow.
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12 Ways to use pinterest
in the classroom
Rob TidrowTechnology Coordinator
Richmond Community SchoolsweRrichmond.com
Pinterest: RobTidrowTwitter: @robtidrow
Facebook: RichmondSchools
basics of pinterest
• A site to save your favorite things...
http://www.Pinterest.com
Anatomy of pinterest• Pins• Boards• Repins and Likes
• Follow• Home Feed
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PinsA pin is an image or video you add to Pinterest that leads back to the site where it was found.Pins can be added using a Pin It button, a site’s URL, or from an image you upload from your computer.
BoardsWhere you
organize your pins by topic
repins and likes
• While it's easy to pin images and videos from other pages across the web, the option to repin is what truly makes Pinterest so simple and fun to use.
• Anytime you find a pin from another Pinterest user that you'd like to save for yourself, you can easily repin it to one of your own pinboards.
• You can also choose to like a pin to save it.
followYou can following someone to see their pins
Home Feed
Your home feed is a collection of pins from pinners and boards you follow. It’s updated when someone you follow adds a pin.
hands ondemo
PinterestThe fastest growing social media site!
by the numbers
pinterest Tips
Tip 1: Start pinning todayUse Pinterest Search
Use Pinterest Category Menu
Use Pins, Boards, and Pinners
Tip 2: SEt Up ClassRoom boards
Tip 3: Use Pin It button
Tip 4: upload a
pin1. Click on the plus sign (+) beside your name in the top-right corner and click Upload a pin2. Click Choose File and find the file on your computer
3. Choose the board you'll pin to and add a description to your pin
4. Click Pin It
Tip 5: Pin infographics
Tip 6: Pin VideosYouTube, Vimeo and Ted videos
Tip 7: Follow other teacher boards
Search and click Pinners tab
Tip 8: Pin Your Own Content
Tip 9: e-mail notifications
Tip 10: Go Mobile
Tip 11: Use tags in descriptions
#
Hashtag makes keyword linkedDisplays other pins with hashtag and word in
descriptions
Tip 12: involve parents
Questions
Rob TidrowTechnology Coordinator
Richmond Community SchoolsweRrichmond.com
Pinterest: RobTidrowTwitter: @robtidrow
Facebook: RichmondSchools
12 Ways to use pinterest
in the classroom
Rob TidrowTechnology Coordinator
Richmond Community SchoolsweRrichmond.com
Pinterest: RobTidrowTwitter: @robtidrow
Facebook: RichmondSchools
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