Pinterest

The content curation tool I chose was Pinterest. I have and continue to use Pinterest for personal use and I love the application and how user friendly it is. You don’t even need to be tech savy to maneuver through! One of the things I love about Pinterest is that it incorporates pictures. I am a visual learner so having pictures correlate to items you pin is very helpful and gives you an idea of what your about to look at. Pinterest serves as a virtual inspiration board and I plan to use Pinterest during my teaching credential program to grab wonderful ideas from other teachers.

From a teacher’s perspective, I love that Pinterest gives you the ability to study and absorb from other teachers who also have great ideas about lessons and school related stuff. Teaching is all about reflecting and learning how to do better the next time and Pinterest is a wonderful platform for new and beginning teachers to share what’s worked for them and what hasn’t.

My mother is a kindergarten teacher and she recently discovered how to use Pinterest. She only uses Pinterest for her classroom and has not only shared her own ideas but gained wonderful beliefs and opinions from other teachers. One of the main things she gets ideas for is how to decorate her classroom. I can’t tell you how many times I have gotten calls from her about a new “Pinterest idea” she has found!

I look forward to using Pinterest as my content curation tool because I can’t imagine how many helpful technology designs I will encounter. Pinterest will be a great platform for me to learn about the many different educational applications that have worked for so many teachers in their classroom.