I did not realize the impact Pinterest had on education until I was observing the 100 day projects for my son's kindergarten classroom. There were 100 piece puzzles, 100 legos, 100 pennies, which seemed normal for kindergarten. Then there was a trifold poster board, with fifty crayons glued to the top and 50 matching colors to the bottom. Then there was an extravagant design in the middle It was awesome. Then I bumped into the dad who helped with the project. The design I admired was created using a hair dryer to melt the crayons leaving wax splatters in random patters on the trifold canvas. I was very impressed. The dad told me his wife found it on Pinterest. I never even considered looking online for ideas for my child's kindergarten project. I cannot imagine the impact Pinterest would have if I was in charge of a science fair this year!
Another area that technology is changing things is Facebook. We just lost a student who graduated with my daughter. Facebook has allowed people to say goodbye or express their love and appreciation for the young man online; like sending messages to heaven. It is a true testament to his life and has to be comforting to his parents, if not right now, later when the shock of losing their 22 year old son subsides.
All of the unintentional advances made by technology is amazing! I am excited to learn all that is available to me and use it intentionally to connect with students and promote their conceptual understanding of mathematics or physics.
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