Here is a lesson plan from my College and Career Readiness class that I changed to include a social bookmarking element. My changes to the original can be seen in red: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NLTsQYpKl34KO4zLIBuiytH0JemjeUzl/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110180692615796585983&rtpof=true&sd=true

I chose this lesson plan to incorporate social bookmarking because I remember thinking, “I have so many resources I want to show them, but they will get lost on a powerpoint slide or pushed out in the chat box.” The use of a collaborative Pinterest board allowed me to not only display the resources I found, but also have them research their own and contribute to the class. They can also save the Pinterest board to refer back to later. They may even have some resources or programs that they are already in that I may learn from as well.

Some things I need to keep in mind before doing this lesson is that the students will need to have a Pinterest account already in order to contribute to the board. I may want to push the directions out in the prior lesson and have them set up an account for homework so we don’t have to lose time in class setting up accounts.

The advantages of this revision are that students will now have resource in one spot to refer to if they decide to not go to college, but still want to receive career training. The disadvantages may be that students will choose not to participate during live lesson, or do not feel comfortable setting up their own account for privacy purposes. Sometimes when they are barely paying attention in class and are asked to go perform a task outside of our discussion, I sometimes lose kids. But overall, it is something I will incorporate because I think the pros outweigh the cons.