Week 3 Update

I have now gotten all 4 of my participants to agree to this project. They have a basic understanding of what will take place, but I will spend the next couple of days explaining it more in detail.

I am excited to see how this projects plays a role in their classroom, and to see if it is successful with their students. The lesson plan is coming along that will help to  show them how to use Pinterest and how to pin ideas and lesson plans. The actual process will begin soon! I am ready!

-Thanks, Aaron.

Week 2 Update

Well, so far so good. I have gotten into contact with 4 teachers that I know personally and three of them have agreed to participate so far. The fourth one is interested but hasn't responded to my last message yet.

I have begun to create the learning activity using a Web 2.0 technology. I am not too far into yet, but that idea train has taken motion.

I am kind of excited to see if my project is successful with the teachers. I know Pinterest could be a very useful tool for them to find new and exciting lessons, ideas, games, etc. Final project underway!

Thanks, Aaron.

IDT 516 Final - Proposal

For this project, I am going to use Pinterest to help teachers collaborate on lessons, projects, ideas, games, and teaching methods in their classrooms. I have multiple friends that are grade school teachers, and it would be very interesting and exciting for them to be able to share all their ideas on teaching methods in one specific place. I will choose four of those friends, and ask them to participate in this project. I will have each participant sign up for Pinterest if they have not already, and then create a board titled "For the Classroom". They will pin at least 20 new things (exciting lessons, ideas, projects, games, etc.) to their board throughout the course of one week. During the second week, each teacher will choose an idea they have not used before from another teacher's board, try it out in class, and comment on its effectiveness after it is done. They will choose one new idea per day from other boards to try throughout a 5-day school week, and evaluate whether or not it was useful to them.

-Thanks, Aaron.