There are many reasons to get a Pinterest account,
whether it is a desire to improve upon your baking skills, or find
innovative and cost-efficient ways to improve your home décor. Yet, Pinterest goes beyond personal use and
self-improvement, and is a wonderful means to collaborate globally with
educators. A simple search on
metacognitive thinking strategies, can lead you to hundreds of pins from
teachers who have found crafty and effective ways to reach this generation of
easily bored students. A search on
classroom décor can help give you a plethora of useful and, more importantly, adorable suggestions on how to create a
warm and friendly environment in your classroom.
If
you think middle schoolers and high schoolers have grown out of the need for a
colorful environment, you are Wrong, with a capital “W” my friend. At the moment my classroom is covered for
STAAR testing, but in a later post I will show you my classroom. I have bright greens and pinks, flowers, big
and decorative letters, and inspirational quotes. You can walk into my class and feel comfortable,
and let’s face it, school is an uncomfortable place for many kids. So why do many classrooms for older students
look like prisons? I need color and I am more than twice the age of my middle schoolers.
Lastly,
Pinterest is for more than simply stylistic choices in a classroom. You can get wonderful ideas for lesson
plans! I have gotten free worksheets,
suggestions, PowerPoint’s, etc., all on Pinterest. Pinterest truly proves that sharing is indeed
caring, because good educators understand that when they have a great tool in
the classroom, they share it with other teachers, so that the lives of students
can be impacted by teachers who care.
You can follow my "boards" on Pinterest @: https://www.pinterest.com/leesebee/classroom-ideas/
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