Benefits of Pinterest in the classroom
In today's society there are many social medias that people use everyday and Pinterest has quickly become one of them. Pinterest is a online bulletin board that allows the users to "pin" links to things that involve their interest. This is also a very cool way for teachers to find ideas for a classroom such as decorations, lesson plans, and games for the students. Some specific examples of these things are: group collaboration, party planning, research assignments, classroom idea boards, and college planning.
As an aspiring teacher, this semester I was assigned to make a lesson plan off of a Arkansas Curriculum Framework. I also had to create a pinterest board that provided pins that were original and re pinned on information that pertained to my lesson plan and the link is https://www.pinterest.com/valentine8992/ed-tech-spring-2016/. After completing the assignment in the correct format, I was supposed to complete the work as if I were the student. The framework I choose was a 4th grade science subject covering the Arkansas regions and the resources they contain such as fishing, hunting, . The assignment had to be completed by using a technological tool. I had the students pick from three different power point creators and the one I personally choose was Prezi.com the link is https://prezi.com/dh36jxp96rjl/arkansas039s-natural-resources/. I will know show the steps it took in me making my presentation.
Step One: I signed into Prezi and picked a cool layout that I thought would go with the subject of the assignment. I typed my title and added a picture of all the natural resources that can be found in Arkansas.
Step two: This is my second slide that presents the region of Arkansas that I choose to name major resources from. I found all my information on this area at ozarkmountainregion.com.
Step 3: Is my first area The Buffalo Nation River that provides many resources and what the resources that are found there.
Step 4: Is Norfolk lake and it is another large area that provides the Ozark mountains with many beneficial resources to the state that I listed below.
Step 5: Is Bull Shoals and the resources that are provided there. Bull shoals has crystal clear waters and it attracts divers.
Step 6: The last major resource in the Northern part of the state of Arkansas is the White River. This area mainly provides a fly fishing resource, that I showed a picture of below.
