Picture perfect? Pinterest for the foreign languages teacher

ISABELLE JONES,HEAD OF LANGUAGES

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#ililc4 ICT into Languages,University of Southampton

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Pinterest for students

Photo handout Homework handout/ Flip your lesson Extension work Choose your own starter Revision by topics Comment on resources Collaborative work/ students’ work gallery

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Action!

Set up an account/ profile Create boards for your classes Create pins from a website, camera, place Create boards for topics you are teaching Browse the general education section Repin other people’s pins to your boards Do a search for a topic you are teaching:Collect individual pins, follow related boards and check pinners for

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Find friend from facebook/ email address book Search ililc4 friend on Pinterest and follow Edit board settings to make a group board and invite

contributors Set up a secret board Share a pin on Twitter/Facebook/via email/save to camera

roll/copy link to a pin and embed in another document (e.g. electronic newsletter)

Like/ Comment on another person’s pin

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