For my first presentation, I was to create a Pintrest board that contained pins I thought described myself. I included pins about the beach and boat knots, to show my love for the water. I added different pins of activities that could be used in a classroom, as well as a list of books to show my desire to teach and love of reading. I also included pins about Jeeps, plants, as well as how to manage anxiety. Giving presentations with anxiety is always a difficult task, and speaking about my anxiety is both frightening and empowering.
It was interesting to learn about the multiple tools available to create presentations, or to share information with students and their parents at home. Pintrest, I found, was a very useful tool in finding ideas for activities for students, or finding blogs on teaching for everything from handouts to how to arrange a classroom. The presentations also served to allow myself and everyone else to learn a little about each other. Being that we will be working in groups, it was nice to know even a little bit about everyone. Having our first presentation be an "About Me" presentation was, to me, a good idea because it was content we were already familiar with. It can be difficult enough to stand in front of a class and present, and would've been much harder if we needed to have memorized all new information on top of that. By presenting on ourselves, we already knew everything we needed to say. It enabled us to focus on remembering what media tool we used, as well as remembering to make eye contact, project our voices, and engage the class.
I really enjoyed your Pinterest board and learning about you through it. I thought this was very creative and useful! I agree that it is harder to memorize information without the prompts of a presentation like Pinterest and when we start by a topic, like ourselves, that we know a lot about. I will for sure use Pinterest in my future classrooms as I already use it for a lot of lesson ideas! Great blog Kristi!
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