Pinterest in the Classroom

All most all of us have used Pinterest to find food recipes to looking up cool projects. I personally have used Pinterest for several years now. I think it is fun to find all kinds of things to pin and repin.  One thing I have never thought to use Pinterest for is classroom activities. There is a lot of lesson plans and organization tips that we as teachers can use. As I was looking for lessons over the water cycle, I found so many amazing activities teachers have used in their classroom over what I was looking for. I found a lot of great pins to make a project based learning activity for 4th graders over the water cycle.

The project I made was, have students create a digital poster over the water cycle. The app I had them do this with is called PicKids. It was super easy to use and would be great for kids to use. The first thing I had them do was add a background. There are all different colors and designs to choice from. 

After they have decided on a background you can make a college grid. This allows you to have a template to add multiple pictures, which worked out great because the topic is the water cycle. I choice to have the students pick the grid with four different sections would work the best because of the three stages of the water cycle. I added runoff as a bonus to fill that last section. 

Once that was done, you can start adding pictures. This app allows kids to search the web while in the app which was super convenient. You will find that the plus button it where every action is located.

Since I had them creating a poster, I thought they should add labels to each picture. I wanted them to label each picture and have a title. You can change the font and be as creative with it as you want!

Since this a poster over the water cycle, arrows are a must. I could not find a drawing button or any like that. I did find out you can add put pictures of arrows. You can also rotate them to go in any direction and make bigger or smaller.

Once students finish the project, you can have them print it off. I also assigned a paper for the students off. The paper was about what they have learned about the water cycle. 

I have learned Pinterest is not just about planning your wedding or finding amazing food recipes. There are many other benefits Pinterest has. There is many different activities, lesson plans, and organization tips you can find from other teachers. 

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 has many tools that can enhance the way teachers and students can learn. These tools can be used in presentations and many different ways. All of these tools can be used in the classroom to help students learn. These tools can be used for educational purposes.


Prezi  is a website students and teachers can use to create a presentation. This website allows users to map out their presentation just like a PowerPoint does. In order to use this website, you do have to create an account. Prezi offers many different types of templates for your presentation. You can even set your presentation up in a certain order. This website is great for teachers to teach a lesson to their students. It can help explain and show a lesson to the students.

Tagul is another website tool that allows users to create fun word art. The way it works is, when you import the words, of your choosing, you then are able to customize the word cloud. You can change the color, change the shape, and even animate it. This tool allows teachers to put vocabulary words in a fun word cloud. Teachers can also put key words in a word cloud to show students what they are about to learn. All of the word clouds created can be printed or upload on to a presentation.

Easy Bib is a tool all teachers should give students to use. This website helps students be able to work cite properly when they are assigned an essay to write for class. It uses MLA, APA, and many more version. The way it works is, students put in the information of their resource they are using and the website helps organize it. This website helps students know how to work cite their papers properly.

Dropbox is a tool that allows you to upload files. Teachers can use this tool to allow students to upload projects and essays. This can be more convenient for students to use. Instead of having students having to print multiple pages of paper, teachers can allow the to upload their work in dropbox. Students can upload anything in Microsoft Office. Dropbox is extremely safe and easy for students to use.

Answers is a website designed to help answer questions. This site can be used for educational proposes. Teachers can have students use this website while they are at home doing homework. It is really simple and easy to use. Once you type in a question you have, multiple posts will pop up related to the question. There is also several topics to choice from to help you find your answer.

Grammar Book is a website that students can use to help improve grammar skills. The websit has many different grammar rules for students to go over. Teacher's can give students the link to the website so students can check there papers before turning it in for a grade. After students look up different grammar rules they can even be quized over what they learned. 

Plagium can be used to check for plagiarism in your work. Teachers can have students upload their work to this site. The website gives you two options, a deep search for plagiarism and a quick search. Students can use this to make sure they have not used anyone else's work. Plagium is quick and easy to use.

Teacher Tube can be used to look up educational videos. Teachers can use this website to find videos for their classes and lessons. Looking up the video is simple. It works just like YouTube. All you do it search for the topic you are looking for and all kinds of educational videos will be listed.

Blubbl is a great website to create online maps. It is a presentation tool used to enhance students learning. The way blubbl works is the user has the access to create a web-like map. The main topic will be located in the middle bubble. The supporting ideas will go off the main bubble, creating this web. Inside each bubble, you can upload information for students to access.

Weebly allows you to create a website. Teachers can use this to give students information they need to know for classes. Weebly allows you to build your website from many different templates. Once you publish your website, you will be able to track how many people and how popular it has become. The website you create will also work on both PC and on a cellular phone. 

About Me

Hello!

My name is Tia Farmer, and I am from Texarkana, Texas. I am an Elementary Education major at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. At Henderson State University, I am a member of the Showband of Arkansas. I was also in band and color guard since high school. This has made band a huge part of my life. I am the oldest of 3 younger sisters. Going places with all of us can be very hectic but that never stopped us from having a vacation. For as long as I can remember, my family has gone on vacation every summer. Each summer was filled with tons of memories and joy all because we got to travel together.

I know not many people have been given the opportunity to travel and explore new things. I have been blessed to travel to many different places, all with my family. The reason I decided to blog about traveling is because it has become one of my favorite things to do. I want to share with people some of my favorite adventures and places I have gone. The memories you can make while traveling can last a lifetime. I hope to share these memories with everyone.