This document provides an overview of how to use the visual bookmarking site Pinterest in education. It defines key Pinterest terminology like pins, boards, repinning, and following. It explains how teachers can use Pinterest to share resources with students, develop collaborative online spaces, and build personal learning networks. Examples are given of education-focused Pinterest boards and how the site can support sharing information between teachers and students.
6. Terminology
Pins--visual bookmarks
Boards--collections of pins
Pin Feed--displays the chronological activity from the
Pinterest boards that a user follows
Repin--adding a visual bookmark from another board
to your board
Like--showing appreciation for a visual book mark on
a board
Follow--adding to your feed the content of a board or
the entire collection of boards of a Pinterest user
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8. Pins
A pin starts with an image or video you add
to Pinterest.
You can add a pin from a
website or upload an image right from your
computer
Any pin on Pinterest can be repinned, and
all pins link back to their source
http://about.pinterest.com/basics/
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10. Boards
A board is where you organize your pins by
topic.
You could pin ideas for remodeling your
bathroom to your House Projects board,
for example.
Boards can be secret or public, and you
can invite other people to pin with you on
any of your boards.
http://about.pinterest.com/basics/
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11. How do You Add Pins to a Board?
Copy the URL of the website where the image is
located and paste it in Pinterest
On the website where the image is located, click the
Pin it icon
Upload your own image to Pinterest
Repin from your Pinterest Feed or from another
Board
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15. Sharing information
Common lesson may include
Teacher sharing online resources with students
Students saving online resources for their own use
outside of the lab
Students sharing resources with each other
How do you do this now?
Wikis
Email
Website
Blog
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18. How to Use Pinterest in Education
Share resources with learners
Develop a collaborative space online
Develop a personal learning network for
teacher professional development
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19. How to Use Pinterest in Education
Is Pinterest a Teacher’s New Best Friend in
the Classroom?
25 Great Educators To Follow On Pinterest
TechChef4U Pinterest
In The Pinterest Of Education
LiveBinder of Pinterest in Education
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20. Examples
25 Libraries We Most Love on Pinterest
http://bit.ly/14ddITR
Educational Technology Pinterest Board
http://bit.ly/Y5hOdl
Pinterest for Teaching http://bit.ly/OmNg42
Five-Minute Film Festival: Pinterest for
Teaching and Learning
http://bit.ly/QAQvRn
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24. Contact Information
Nell Eckersley
Subject Matter Expert, LINCS Community Technology
and Learning Group: https://community.lincs.ed.gov
Email: nelle@lacnyc.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LACNYCnell
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nell.eckersley
Blog: http://nelightful.wordpress.com/
Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/nelleckersley
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25. Literacy Information and Communication
System (LINCS)
LINCS provides you with the information, resources,
professional development activities, and online
network you need to enhance your practice and
ensure your adult students receive high-quality
learning opportunities.
http://lincs.ed.gov/
LINCS is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult
Education. It is comprised of the Resource Collection, managed by Kratos Learning, the
Regional Professional Development Centers, and the Technical Contractor, Quotient, Inc.
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26. LINCS Makes a Difference
How can LINCS help you with your work? It offers:
A Resource Collection containing high-quality, evidencebased materials in 16 topic areas;
An online Community of Practice where you can share and
collaborate with your peers;
A Learning Portal where you can engage in self-paced and
facilitated professional development courses; and
Four Regional Professional Development Centers
(RPDCs) that deploy evidenced-based PD trainings to states.
For a video overview of LINCS, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3bq6Mdn2Qg
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27. LINCS Technology Online Course
Title: Integrating Technology in the Adult
Education Classroom
Free, self-paced online course
Completion time: ~ 4 hours
Certificate received upon completion
Course accessible through the LINCS Learning
Portal: http://lincs.ed.gov/courses
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28. Don’t Miss a Beat; Connect with LINCS
Join the Community:
https://community.lincs.ed.gov
Access the Learning Portal:
http://lincs.ed.gov/courses
Search the Resource Collection:
http://lincs.ed.gov/collections
Follow the latest updates: @LINCS_ED
Join our professional group: LINCS_ED
Watch webinar archives and more: LincsEd
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Notes de l'éditeur
Thank you, Nell and the Literacy Assistance Center for providing some time to share news from the Literacy Information and Communication System (or LINCS for short). For those of you who are unfamiliar with LINCS, LINCS is a professional development website funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE).>Next slide.
Accessible at lincs.ed.gov, LINCS is comprised of four parts. An online resource collection that contains over 560 online and free high-quality, evidence-based materials in 16 topic areas within adult education, vetted by experts in the field.An online community of practice with over 10,000 members that features 16 discussion groups moderated by subject matter experts.An online learning portal that houses free, self-paced interactive courses developed specifically for the adult education field from OVAE initiatives. Current course topics include: Adult Career Pathways, teaching English as a second language, Learning to Achieve (which focuses on teaching learners with disabilities), technology, and science.And four regional professional development centers who work with states to offer high-quality, evidence-based materials and professional development opportunities both in-person and online to adult educators at the regional and local levels in a wide variety of topic areas. Teachers can contact their region’s RPDC director to discuss the possibility of bringing professional development to their state.>Next slide.
I want to take a few moments to dive deeper into the LINCS Learning Portal to take a look at a recently launched online course that aligns with the webinar series.The Integrating Technology in the Adult Education Classroom course is designed for instructors who are at the beginner/intermediate level of technology integration in the classroom. It is available on the LINCS Learning Portal, along with additional online courses from several other OVAE initiatives, in topics including English as a second language, adult career pathways, Learning to Achieve, science, and more.The free, self-paced online course discusses why technology is important for teaching and learning, how instructors approach integrating technology, and what tools instructors can use to integrate technology. Throughout the course, you will learn about examples of adult education instructors’ personal experiences in integrating technology. In a culminating activity, you will create a Technology Integration Action Plan for a unit or lesson that you select for use with your own adult learners. Now that you have gained knowledge on how to use [Twitter, Pinterest, QR Codes], this online course can help you think through how to apply the technology tool in the classroom. You also will have the opportunity to interact with the LINCS Community throughout this online course. The course takes an estimated four hours to complete and participants receive a certificate upon completion.[Demonstrate navigating through the course through the LINCS Learning Portal.]
We hope that you will take advantage of all LINCS has to offer. Join the community; take an online course; search the resource collection, and follow us on social media via Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.We hope to see you on LINCS!