When I first heard of Pinterest, I thought it was a complete waste of time. I couldn't imagine spending hours look at random pictures and "pinning" ones that I liked. Friends and colleagues of mine were on it all the time and I just could not understand the allure. It wasn't until a trip to the nail salon that I really began to appreciate all that Pinterest has to offer. When I couldn't decide what design to get, she puled up her Pinterest account and showed me some of the designs she had pinned. I was in utter amazement. So many designs to choose from! After that, prior to each nail appointment I scoured Pinterest for the design that I was going to get. Then one faithful day, I decided to search school counseling activities since I was planning something for my groups. I could not believe the information that popped up. I have seen an abundance of awesome stuff on Pinterest. The ideas are not limited to school counseling but also education in general. They have stuff on almost every subject including Star Wars Humor! There is something for everyone regardless of what you teach or what groups you hold.
An idea of how you could use Pinterest with your students is to have them create a board related to a specific topic and pin pictures that go with it. For instance if you are doing an activity with your students about strengths they see in themselves, you could have them create a board with pictures that represent their strengths. If you are having students do a project about WWII, you can have them compile pictures about that. This could be used as an alternate to the magazine collage.
So my plee to you today is don't discount Pinterest. While I am not the most avid pinner and am very selective in the items that I choose to pin, I have found things I would never have done had I not entered the Pinterest world. Here is the link to my most favorite board
http://www.pinterest.com/scccorner/. And here is mine if you want to check out what I have
http://www.pinterest.com/deedralr/. So take some time and check out the fabulous world of Pinterest!
