It started with a picture and a hashtag. Â The picture showed a classroom whiteboard with an inspirational quote written decoratively on it. Â The hashtag was #whiteboardwisdom. Since I love alliteration, quotes, and anything that might make me wiser, I searched the hashtag on Twitter. Â Of course, that delivered many more motivational messages, and I resolved to see if any of my students would like to be in charge of providing a weekly #whiteboardwisdom. Â That seemed kind of humdrum, though, so I did a Google search for #whiteboardwisdom in the classroom. Â And that’s how I ended up here, a Pinterest rabbit hole of teacher and student creativity that I never even knew existed.
Many of the pins that I saw seemed to be inspired by a teacher named Brittney Briggs, who is incredibly creative and artistic from what I can see. Â The common thread among all of the images in this Pinterest smorgasbord was that they invited student interaction instead of merely giving them something to think about. Â Sometimes the students respond directly on the board, and other times the teachers offer sticky notes for responses. Â Although I certainly can’t do justice to all of the great ideas out there, here is a sampling I chose to demonstrate this fun concept:
- Monday Made It – What is the Coolest Thing You Have Ever Made?
image from teach_happy on Instagram - Tell Us Something Tuesday – One Thing That Most People Don’t Know About You?
image from mrs.litz on Instagram - What Will You Create Wednesday – Find a Doodle and Turn it into a Masterpiece!
image from lovin7th on Instagram - Theme Song Thursday – What Should Be Our Class Theme Song?
- Finding Dory Friday – What is Something You Lose or Forget to Do Often?