Pinterest for Teachers: How to Get Started & Board Ideas
Engage and connect with fellow educators and class parents by embracing the trending (and free!) social sharing site, Pinterest! A visual platform for connecting and inspiring with images, photos, and videos, Pinterest provides a unique opportunity for educators to share everything from creative lesson plans, favorite educational apps, and free activity sheets to learning games, class party ideas, and even favorite fashions and hobbies.
With a few simple steps, you will be well on your way to enhancing your classroom learning environment and continuing your own educational growth as a teacher in a technological world.
1. Get Started – We have all you need to know for setting up your own Pinterest account, creating boards, and grabbing a Pin It button here: Getting Started with Pinterest.
2. Begin Pinning – Pin the things that interest you as an educator and that you find beneficial for classroom teaching; go to blogs, websites, and online platforms and pin images that link back to those helpful resources.
Pin Board ideas for your class:
- Science Fun
- Literacy Ideas
- Class Party Ideas
- Reading Resources
- Favorite Quotes for Kids
- Social Studies Ideas
- Easy Art Projects
- Healthy Snack Ideas
- Classroom Management
- Favorite Picture Books
- Favorite 4th Grade Fiction
- Prom Fashion Dos and Don’ts
- Scholarships, Grants, and Education Contests
3. Invite Others to Join – Talk to other teachers, staff and educators and find out if they are on Pinterest too. Invite them to collaborate on your boards and spread the word to other classes and teacher. To invite a collaborator to pin on your board, simply click the Edit button on your board – enter their name in the “Add Another Pinner” field and save!
4. Spread the Word – Let other teachers, staff and colleagues know you’re pinning fun ideas and ask them to follow, like and repin you! Include links to the Pinterest board(s) in class emails, eNewsletters, on the class blog or website, you name it!
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Teachers: What are your favorite educationally-relevant boards on Pinterest? We want to know so we can follow them too! Let us know in the comment section.
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I am a Canadian living and working in Europe at an International School as the Early Learning Team Leader/ EL5 Teacher. Along with my colleague we created a company devoted to providing awesome resources for teachers and students around the globe. However, we soon realized there was so much to pull from our educator community already! So, we started pinning to Pinterest to collect a huge resource library for teachers, parents and students. In less than a month we have over 500 pins all to do with education! Check us out here:
http://pinterest.com/edpublishing/
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Great! We’ll check them out — thank you for contacting us, Tosca.
I couldn’t refrain from commenting. Exceptionally well written!
You must be a fan of Pinterest! Thanks for the nice words.