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PINTEREST
AN EDU TOOL?

Like Twitter and Facebook,
Pinterest has fast become
an essential social media
tool for colleges.

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PINTEREST PLAYS TRENDY ROLE IN HIGHER EDU.

Pinterest has begun to play another, perhaps more important role in higher education. Colleges and
universities are starting to use the site as an educational tool, bringing it into the classroom or offering
up boards focused on academic resources at the school. Here are a few of the schools that are leading
the way for Pinterest to become another great social media tool for edu.
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It came down to what I have referred to as a “disconnect” between my students, our class and their
thing that could make a difference. I decided to start

ASK YOURSELF

What is the point
of a sketch note?
“The point of notes, it seems, is to
capture important ideas for future
reference. While it’s nothing new to
take notes that combine images with
words and phrases, sketch notes are
actually an evolution of this idea. As
an English teacher, I taught only a
handful note taking styles, primarily combination notes, and Cornell
notes, concept-map notes, and a kind
of mash of the three. As a matter of
differentiation I’d offer some students
examples of outline-style notes and
other styles, but that was it.

1
a.

Are sketch notes
digi storytellers?
“When Ken Robinson’s Changing
Educational Paradigms exploded
across the internet, and the sound of
the little marker squeaking across the
whiteboard became synonymous with
digital storytelling. Iconic even. Why?
Because sketch notes like these don’t
just capture ideas, they tell a story.

There have been many times that students have come
to me after a long weekend with questions about the
homework that they did not complete because they
did not understand it.
And there were times when students missed class and
appeared in front of me at the start of class, wondering what they missed in their absence. These situaWhen I started, it enabled me to send reminders to
students, to receive their questions, to share resources, and to be available when the students needed
(which often was later in the evening or during the
weekend when their questions appeared).

b.

– Changing Educational Paradigms

ASK YOURSELF

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c.

So how did this impact my classroom? It began to
eliminate the problem of the “disconnect.” Perfect!
step in a series of changes that I made that, it seemed
to me, improved the learning of the students. That
this began simply by creating a persistent connect
made me feel better about my hunch. My students,
at least most of the time, were getting help when they
needed it.

classroom, try one of the many great messaging tools
available: Celly, Voxer, twitter, or any of the dozens of apps that make this possible. Once you feel
comfortable with your choice, then start thinking
abou