Pinterest is the website with best graphic designs and
photos I have ever seen. It is also full of sparkling ideas, some of which are
good for classroom use. However, I will not encourage my students to explore
this site. As I am looking at the Science & Nature page, most of them are
fantastic good-looking pictures with little description of what they are. Without
interpretation, students are more likely to focus the aesthetic aspect of the
pictures rather than exploring them. Furthermore, there are too many good pictures
for students to concentrate and research on some specific ones. Students are going
to be easily distracted in this beautiful land.
As a teacher, I prefer to use Pinterest as a resource
website. I would select pictures and videos to aid my curriculum. These
pictures can engage students and illustrate concepts vividly.
Yimin, you make a good point about the great visuals, but lack of description to provide context. I think that if you used Pinterest with students, you would have to guide them to the boards that provided both good visuals and descriptions to be relevant to your instruction.
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