[Note from the editor, several weeks after the this post was published, there is a linkie party over at TBA (Teaching Blog Addict) where a guest poster, Ms Kerri, has a linkie party with our favorite resources for the classroom. Go to the linkup to be saturated with a gazillion new ideas for your classroom!! Thanks for the opportunity to share my resource collection with a wider world!! I'm an author/illustrator + music lady and my pinboards support the use of my books & songs in the classroom.]
After weeks and weeks of attempting to get in the front door of one of Time Magazine's Top 50 websites of the year, I am kicking up my heels. I'm celebrating my membership at Pinterest. [It's a dingy-Debbie story about the delay & I won't bore you with those details. Let's just say that I had a moment of clarity this morning around 6:00 and now I'm in!!!!!!!! Insert uncontrollable laughter now.]
Here are my main goals for Pinterest:
- Create a 'board' for my Debbie Clement classics.
- Create a 'board' for inspiration.
- Create a 'board' for art projects.
Oh happy day!!!!!!! This truly has to be the best thing since the invention of the wheel. For life in the cyber world -- where every possible resource is at your beck & call, it just takes a system to organize all of the potential that's a click away. Ideas galore. I am sooooooo excited!!!
I can't wait to learn more!
Today I learned how to set up a board. How to pin. How to repin. How to search within Pinterest. How to look at friend's collections. How to follow new people. Special thanks to Deborah Stewart, Laura Major, Ayn Cosh and the very young and brilliantly pinning, Brittany Coon.... whose collections I have pinned extensively into my baby boards. They have resources that are truly amazing for the early childhood world. "It's all about sharing resources," in the words of my fellow Deborah Jo. (read this post for our past collaborations.) I can't wait to delve into Cate Heronan's amazing collection!
Next up are Dinosaur Romp and Monkey Fun. In due time it would be awesome to catalogue boards for bicycles/Ride my Bike and vegetables/Eating Healthy and Reggio Emilia and art materials and quilt projects and fabric and daisies and sailboat sunsets and Venice and and and and and AND!!!!!!! Pinterest is all about the AND!! I will need to make a note to brush my teeth. I am willing to sacrifice my time on Facebook. This is the opportunity of a lifetime! Have I mentioned that I'm excited? [Morning after editor's note: I got a FB message from Brittany prompting me to make boards -- collections for polka dots & stripes -- and of course that is beyond making my heart race!!!]
********I've been able to get my Pinterest account and this blog post linked up with "Michelle's Math in the Middle" blog-hop. Be sure and check out all the friends who are pinning by going over to her page right here!!!
******* I have the link to my "Pinterest account" permanently catalogued in a 'button' at the top of this blog page. Click there to be transported into a world that weaves dreams and tulle into gossamer joy!!!!!
*******Yes! The contest ended last night at midnight. I am awaiting a couple more winners being announced by my fellow bloggers, before I announce the winners here. Come back tomorrow!!!!
Yeah! You are an Official "Pinster!" ;) It's very additive and I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteFollowing you are Pinterest now! :)
Laura!!! You are responsible for my happy new fun! I can't wait to learn my way around. Right now I'm just in heaven learning the ropes. LOVE the potential!
ReplyDeleteI'm a Pinterest addict, too! You have some great boards, Debbie! I'm following you now! :) Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com
ReplyDeleteI continue to add pins. I'm learning how to navigate around there to find other like minds.
ReplyDeleteI have more boards with more ideas. Come find me!!
Thanks for linking up. Be sure to check back in a week or two for when I compile the websites into one big list. I love how you can get connected with people through blogging as well. It's so much fun.
ReplyDeleteKerri!!!! I can't wait to see your completed list. Thanks again for the link-up opportunity & also for your taking the time to pop in over here. It's great to connect to link-minded folks intent on improving the lives of children!!
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