For my second Show N'Tell I am focussing on the website and mobile app Pinterest. You can access Pinterest on any computer as well as mobile device.
Pinterest is a free, visual discovery tool that shares photos. You can create "boards" that have certain themes, and you can search for images and photographs that can go under each board. Pinterest was launched in March 2010 by a group of entrepreneurs. For example, Art crit, aephi, LITDVC, 3D printing, landscapes, puppies, etc. You do need to register to use this site.
1. Who uses Pinterest?
2. Have any of you used Pinterest in your classes? If so, what classes?
3. Did you think using Pinterest in those classes helped your knowledge and understanding of what was being asked?
Why, yes you can use Pinterest in the classroom. My art criticism professor Jessica Poser asked us to engage with Pinterest on the first day of class. She has us search for an image that left an impression on us, and to pin that and several other images. She wanted us to keep up with it for the rest of the semester, but I personally did not because it was something extra to do, and my particular image and choice was not interesting to me.
You can search for ANYTHING, even 3D PRINTING, LESSON PLANS, STEM AND STEAM! WOW!
Search:
3D Printing
Art
STEAM
Lesson Plans
Pinterest can be used for:
lesson plans
craft ideas
images to draw/paint from
visual inspiration and ideas
looking up articles
4. Could you use this in an art classroom? Would you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evf58qH_O1Y - This is a cute, little video from a teacher who uses pinterest to look for visual ideas to incorporate in her classroom!
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