Well, my project using Pinterest was completed last week Friday, and I received feedback from my participants over the weekend!
Overall, using Pinterest to collaborate on ideas between teachers was highly successful, and FUN! Each of the teachers/participants that I used for this project confirmed that Pinterest could be a great way to expand on lessons, ideas, games, etc.
In my results feedback, I found that all 4 of the teachers pinned the minimum 20 things to their boards with ease! In fact, each of the teachers went over the 20 minimum, and heard from a few of them describing the site as addicting, and will absolutely be spending more time on Pinterest.
The important week was the 2nd week, where each of them would select an activity to implement into their classrooms. After looking through feedback from my participants, they were mostly successful at this implementation.
I had 3 of 4 teachers extremely pleased with the end success of the activities, telling me that at least 4 out the 5 new ideas used in their classrooms were done successfully. The fourth teacher explained that limited resources caused trouble for her. With a short time frame, she struggled to sufficiently supply the resources throughout the week, and told me that 2 out of her 5 ideas were implemented to the level she wanted.
This was an issue that did not really cross my mind until I saw the feedback. With such a short time frame involved in this project, having sufficient resources may have hindered a successful project. Others did also admit to having to alter ideas to be able to use what they had in the classrooms.
In the end, I found my project to be a success. However, there were some struggles throughout the week. Each of the teachers found using Pinterest an exciting way to add ideas to lessons in their career, and found Pinterest as a whole a very useful technology.
As mentioned, limited resources was the lone struggle a few of them discovered. If this project was given to them over the summer, it would allow them time to come up with those resources they fell short on.
I believe that Pinterest is a great way for teachers to collaborate on new ideas. It is always fun to install fresh new ideas into the brains of those molding our youth!
Thanks, Aaron.
