Ten Ideas for Using Pinterest in School Libraries and Media Labs
K-12 schools routinely use posters and bulletin boards to communicate ideas to its students. Pinterest goes right along with this -- school libraries and media centers are using it to get students interested in reading. What follows are ten popular examples not only benefiting students, but also teachers and school librarians.
1. Good Reads. Every age group benefits from reading lists, whether its books for teens, boys, or girls. Other examples include Dr. Seuss books, character-building books, and chapter books to read aloud.
2. Program and Craft Ideas. Play teen book jacket bingo, create story stones, or design a cake with book themes.
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3. Library spaces. Show students new additions to your library or cool areas where they can read and study. Also show-off student artworkdisplayed in the library.
4. Book displays. Let students, staff, and others know what books are currently highlighted.
5. Bulletin board ideas. Get display ideasfrom other libraries or share your own.
6. Posters. Get students' attention with educational, fun, or inspirational signs or posters.
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7. Teacher/librarian resources. Display guides to the Internet, tricks to keep kids quiet, or printables such as note taking charts or story maps.
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8. Student Internet resources. Showcase apps, podcasts, book trailers or favorite Web 2.0 tools.
9. Learning concepts. Display reading strategies, state standards and correlated book titles or even literature supporting math topics .
10. Organizing tips. See how other libraries organize their shelves, including a sample library book tub.
Did you miss the other posts in our Pinterests and Libraries series? Go check them out!