Teaching Adult Learners

I teach an online and hybrid class for professors, adjuncts, corporate trainers and other kindred spirits called, Teaching Adult Learners.  Just as it sounds, it is all about how adults learn, how to engage adults in learning, and tips & tricks to woo them over.

Either come join me for the class at my college or please help me curate more adult learning pins for my Pinterest boards.

....Although I selfishly hope you enroll in the class.  I want to squeeze see you in person.

Join me,
Jen

My Students' Pin Boards

My students curated pin boards related to special education topics.  I am so proud of their work.  Without even trying, the boards are up to 100+ followers; that speaks to the quality and relevance of their pins.

See for yourself at their Special Education Pins.  And if you like what you see, support them by following and/or sharing with your teacher friends, families and colleagues.

If you are interested on how we incorporated Pinterest in our classroom, click here to read my initial post on the subject.

Amazing college students, I tell you.....

Jen

Pinning with Purpose

Today, I've borrowed the name from a Pinterest class I took on Skillshare and I am sharing my students' curated, special education pinboards with my colleagues.  Since you may not work at my college and attend the workshop, here are the links I plan to share at the workshop....

Ways to use Pinterest in Education

My Pinboards

My Students' Pinboards Related to Special Education

The Directions My Students Used to Create Their Pinboards

Did you know you can tell a story with your pins?  See this unique story here.

How to Know Which of Your Pins are Most Popular

An Interesting Pinboard of Students' Voices

More on Pinterest and Examples of Teacher-curated Pinboards

Mashable Article on Teacher-Student Collaborative Pinning

Edutopia Weighs in on Pinterest

If you have more links or helpful articles, please share.

My best,

Jen



Cheating or Not?

I found this on Pinterest eons ago.  If a student were to do this on exam day, would this be considered cheating, not or just plain clever?

Brush up on your French skills and find the full tutorial here.

Special note to my students: Feel free to do this on a non-exam day, ok and make sure you show me :)

Jen

Most Popular Pinterest Pins

Yesterday, I demonstrated how to figure out which of your pins (for your website or blog) are the most popular (aka:  repinned). Today, I will reveal Upcycled Education's most popular pins.  Ready?  The results surprised me!

Most Popular Pin - Huzzah!: Paint Swatch Activities

Second Most Popular Pin - Woot, woot!:  Professor KP's Textbook Quote Activity.  Yay, Professor KP - who is now working on her doctoral degree.  I adore that smart woman!

Third Most Popular Pin - Say "Surprise":  Our Bottle Cap Mirror in Colorado.  Get cap collecting!

Fourth Most Popular Pin - Who loves a good craft?:  DIY Textbook Charms.  These would be a fun gift for the holidays.

And the Fifth Most Popular Pin:  Upcycled Education itself!

Congrats to all the pin winners.

Ha!

Jen

Your Most Popular Pins {for Tech Tuesday}

When I took my Pinterest class on Skillshare last month, I learned that I could see which of my pins were pinned most often.  You can, too, if your have your own website or blog.  Simply type in this URL:

http://pinterest.com/source/your website.com/

If you want more details about this process, read Mashable's article here.

Come back tomorrow and I will reveal which blog posts on Upcycled Education are pinned most often!  The results surprised me!

Best,
Jen

Are you following my pin boards for Upcycled Education?  
Oh, you should!   The boards are like eye candy!

I Love My Pinterest Boards

Every since taking a Pinterest class last month, I am in. love. with. my. pin. boards.  They are like eye-candy, inspiration and happiness all in one to me.  I dig the names of my boards.  I dig how they look. I especially love my collection of pins. 

Do you feel the same about your boards?

I think I am in love.

If you want to follow my pin boards, click here:

We can then be in Pinterest board love together.

xoxo,

Jen

PS - Join me this week to learn about "popular pins" for Tech Tuesday and Upcycled Ed's results.

Pinterest in Education for Tech Tuesday

Do you have interest in Pinterest?   I sure do.  I love all my boards, which you can see here.  I love that Mr. UpCyclist finds great ideas on Pinterest, too.  And I love that educators can use Pinterest to engage students.  Unsure how?  See this superb infographic below to steer you in the right direction.

From: Online Universities Blog


Brilliant use of pinning!

Jen

PS - Thank you, Linda, for sharing this infographic with me and the UE readers.

PSS - I heard Lil O mention Pinterest to a friend the other day.  Her friend had no idea what she was talking about.  Lil O looked stunned.