Pinterest and Exit Slips

If someone would have told me last year that Pinterest would be one of my frequently visited websites as an instructional coach, I would have laughed. Sure, I completely understand that Edutopia, the Teaching Channel, and YouTube are bookmarked websites... but Pinterest?

It turns out that Pinterest can be a valuable tool for educators. It is a great place to go to find new ideas for the classroom. During a recent perusing of Pinterest, I found some pins on how to quickly assess student learning during the last few minutes of class (aka- exit slips). Below are just a few of the pins that are creative, informative, and fun.

• Hashtag Mania: Students summarize their learnings as a hashtag. 
• Tweeting: Using no more than 140 characters, like a tweet on Twitter, students answer a question or describe what they learned in class.
• Instagram Photo: Students take a photo they believe best reflects the learning that took place and post it to a class Instagram account.
• Vine Blog: Students create a video that captures the most important six seconds of class. 
• Exit Slip Poster: Create a poster with pockets. Number the pockets, and assign students a number. Students answer a question on a small piece of paper and place it in their assigned pocket.