This week, we went through three of the group’s final presentations for the course. The one that stood out to me the most was group 1, whose overall focus was “Tech Integration Through Collaborative Leadership: Faculty Engagement Plan” (Chaddah et al., 2025).
They walked us through their issue, their exploration of different tools, and then revealed to us which tool was their ultimate “winner”. After telling us the “winner,” we then, in small groups, got to explore the tool and learn about different aspects of it. Some of the tools they explored included: Discord, Edutopia, Microsoft Teams for Education, Google Workspace for Education, Mural, and Facebook. While all of these tools are great in their own right, there are issues with them that were mentioned in the group’s presentation, including complex concepts, learning curves, privacy concerns, distractions, etc. Ultimately, they did end up choosing a tool not included in the above list.
The tool that “won” was Pinterest, which is a tool I myself am very familiar with, as I am an avid Pinterest user with 3 different accounts (1 for this blog, which is linked above where the Pinterest icon is).
One thing I loved about how they approached sharing why they chose this tool is the research they found to help show why this tool was the best choice. One of the sources they referenced was a study conducted by Schroeder, Curcio, and Lundgren (2019), which pointed out that a lot of teachers use Pinterest and that education resources were the second highest search on the platform. They then go on to list the different ways teachers use Pinterest, including finding resources for many different aspects of education, networking with other educators, and storing their own ideas (Schroeder et al., 2019).
Pinterest has so many different facets to it, which is why it is such a great tool for educators to use.
References:
Chaddah, A., Allen, D., & Latko, K. (2025). Tech Integration Through Collaborative Leadership: Faculty Engagement Plan. https://sites.google.com/ontariotechu.net/faculty-engagement-plan/home
Schroeder, S., Curcio, R., & Lundgren, L. (2019). Expanding the Learning Network: How Teachers Use Pinterest. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 51(2), 166–186. https://doi-org.uproxy.library.dc-uoit.ca/10.1080/15391523.2019.1573354
* I will be writing another blog post on using Pinterest for education in the future in a more How-to guide style, but this is a starting point based on the course I am currently taking.
