Black History Month on Pinterest

Repost from School Library Journal online

School Library Journal recently contacted me to create a Black History Board for their Pinterest page.  The page is now live.....ENJOY!

New Pinterest Page

The beginning of a new adventure.  

Check out the East St. Louis Sr. High School Pinterest Page

Search:  East St. Louis Sr. High School

              https://www.pinterest.com/flyersofestl/

College Readiness

I am proud to announce that I am featured in a new column by School Library Journal called, "College Ready" The magazine covered my work with my high school students using Pinterest as a tool to engage deeper understanding. http://www.slj.com/2015/02/opinion/college-ready/promoting-college-readiness-via-pinterest-college-ready/

Black History Month On Pinterest

For over a year I've been working very hard to maintain a Black History Month board on Pinterest.  Normally I provide my teachers with a handy Black History Month Pathfinder, but I thought I would kick it up a notch.  So far, my teachers really enjoy using this resource along with the district's African-American Studies Curriculum.

Personally, this has been a really facinating experience for me as I have learned so much while adding content to the board.  As a result of the Black History board, I created a Black History Firsts board that celebrates the many groundbreaking achievements of African-Americans.

You can follow the board two ways:
Pinterest.com/boydk or
Pinterest.com/auslwpahs

Enjoy!

Pinterest & College Readiness

     Phillips has a new Pinterest board.  The College Readiness board was created last week as an additional resource for Phillips students.  Articles, videos, memes will be posted weekly for student review.  Also, the members of the Phillips counseling team will also contribute pins to this board.  These boards will serve as a tool for collaboration and I'm really excited about this opportunity. 

    One of the main highlights of the board will be to provide  suggestions on to how to finance college.  Looking back, members of the Class of 2014 were really on the ball.  Throughout the school year, the students submitted several scholarship applications/letters to organizations and businesses across the country.  As a class, they were awarded 2.3 million dollars in scholarship dollars.  The teachers and staff are so proud of these students.  Several of my students who were admitted into multiple schools, just did not have the financial means for school.  The money earned through these scholarships assisted them in making college a reality.   As a staff, our goal is the raise the bar and support the Class of 2015 in raising more money than their predecessors did. 

I debuted the College Readiness board to a group of seniors yesterday and they generally enjoyed the articles.   Check back with us from time to time to see how we are progressing.

http://www.pinterest.com/auslwpahs/college-readiness/http://www.pinterest.com/auslwpahs/college-readiness/

Classroom Bulletin Boards

In an effort to help my co-workers, I created a new board on my school's AUSL WPAHS Pinterest page.  Each year I see some of my colleagues struggle with creating an interesting theme that will highlight their program of study.  The compiled Bulletin Board pins will hopefully assist them and make life just a little bit easier.

I also have some cool pins for school libraries!
School Library Displays - http://www.pinterest.com/boydkc/library-displays/

Wendell Phillips Academy High School Bulletin Board Ideas http://www.pinterest.com/auslwpahs/bulletin-board-ideas/

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK @CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY

Recently I gave a presentation at Chicago State University which was hosted by the College of Education.  This event was a celebration of National Library Week 2014.  It was really great to hear presentations about the new Archives and Record Management concentration  offered by the Department of Information Studies.  Below is the a copy of my presentation and a description:

Archiving Academic Culture & Building Community Presence on Pinterest

The Wendell Phillips Academy High School Pinterest page has been active since the fall of 2013. The page/account was established as a result of the numerous pictures, videos that have been created over the last four years by staff and students. This curation tool has been very helpful in several ways.
First, it provides students, teachers, community and interested stakeholders with a portal for information about events taking place at Phillips. Academically, the boards have served as a teaching tool during Black History Month, Women's History Month and Poetry Month. Students and teachers are able to access organized links to articles, pictures and videos are a variety of subjects. Through our history board, visitors of Wendell Phillips Academy High School are able to learn more about our illustrious history within the Bronzeville community and contributions to the city of Chicago. Lastly, the boards support all things positive at Phillips high school!
Follow us today at: http://www.pinterest.com/auslwpahs/.

Archiving Academic Culture & Building Community Presence on Pinterest from Chicago Public Schools

Phillips Students Visit Spain!

Yesterday students from Mrs. Carter-Richardson's honors Spanish class left O'Hare/JFK airports to travel to  Madrid, Spain.  This is a WONDERFUL experience for our students, some of which who have never left the city of the Chicago.  Throughout the trip (wifi permitting!!!) the students will be sending me pictures from their travels.   As I receive pictures from the students, I will upload them to the Phillips Pinterest account.  

WPAHS Honors Spanish Class Visits Spain -

  -  http://www.pinterest.com/auslwpahs/wpahs-honors-spanish-class-trip-to-spain/

Here's a iPhone exchange between John 'the photographer' and I before they departed from JFK.

Women's History Month on Pinterest!

Check out the Phillips High School's 'growing' Women's History Month Pinterest page!

Pinterest.com/auslwpahs

Chatting With Dr. Joyce Valenza

Just sharing some great news.  I was recently interviewed by Dr. Joyce Valenza of School Library Journal about the use of Pinterest at my school.  

This is the first time any of my work has been recognized by School Library Journal and it is indeed an honor! 

Here's the article that Dr. Valenza wrote:   

K.C. Boyd: Archiving academic culture and building community presence on Pinterest

Here's the accompanying Google Hangout: