Pinterest: Reading Comprehension

     I used my Pinterest Board to gather pins to teach reading comprehension to a third grade class. I included pins which had activities to practice and teach comprehension as well as how to assess comprehension. I can use Pinterest in my classroom as a place to gather creative ideas which will develop a more engaged classroom when I am teaching. It is also a place where I can post my own ideas and share them with fellow teachers or parents who homeschool. My students can use Pinterest for different projects. For example, if we read a book as a class I can have my students put together a Pinterest board that includes quotes that describe their favorite character(s). They can also make a board with pictures that describe different settings that were in the book. This would assess their comprehension of the book because they are required to find descriptions within the book in order to build their Pinterest board.
     I liked using Pinterest. I really liked that I could see ideas from teachers all over the country and the world in one place. It is a nice tool for organizing ideas into different subjects, especially since you can break them into even smaller categories. For example, I can have a science board and I can also have a biology board, chemistry board, etc. It can even have boards for lessons about cells, photosynthesis, and more narrow lessons. A small downside is seeing the same pins over and over again while searching for ideas, but this is a minor inconvenience and not a reason to avoid the tool.
     My students can use this resource to gather information about books or other subjects that we are learning in class (history, science, etc). They can use it as a way to gather inspiration for projects, or as a project itself, just creating boards with pins relevant to their subject. They can also use it as an introduction project, meaning that they pin things which they like/dislike (including whether or not they like it), or things they are interested in learning about.

Standards:
ISTE: Knowledge Constructor: "I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge."
EdTech: Standard 5, "Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)".
UEN Content: Reading--Literature Standard 1, "Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers"

Pinterest Board: 3rd Grade Reading Standard 1

Additional Sources (Some favorite teachers' blogs with additional ideas):
Totally Terrific in Texas
Who's Who and Who's New