Pintrest as a collaborative teaching tool
While utilizing social media in an online learning environment can potentially be fraught with peril; I have found Pintrest to be a wonderful social media tool.
As a design teacher, being able to collaborate with students on idea/mood boards for projects is extremely beneficial. I am able to show lots of samples and examples, post visual links to resources, and even encourage students to create their own boards. You can also share boards, which allows everyone to contribute, creating wonderful collaboration in my online classes.
While my VC offers discussion boards and course galleries… there are some limitations to that for collaborative visual brainstorming. Pintrest is highly user-friendly, highly visual (which is again great for design students) and allows excellent options for what I can present to my students.
Janelle and Kerstin,
I never really thought of it in an educational setting either. love that we're learning from each other through these forums. Thanks for continuing the conversation.
Hello Kerstin,
I love using Pinterest for personal use, but have never thought about how it could be used in a classroom setting. It sounds like a design class could really benefit from the social media platform. I typically teach Public Speaking and now you have my wheels turning as to how it could be implemented in my course.
My college does not allow instructors to connect with students via Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Does your college or university have the same restrictions? Were you required to receive prior approval before utilizing Pinterest?
Thanks for bringing up a very valuable topic.
Janelle Marshall
Ron,
I like the idea too. Would be interesting to see how it played out.
Great idea on using Pinterest and I can see how this would work in a design course. Personally, I don't know that I have the ability to do this becuase of my course content, but I like the idea.
Kerstin,
Great idea and bringing Pinterest into the conversation brings up something new to discuss. Thanks!
