Let's Build Our PLN

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Blogging has been on hold... OK.  I haven't posted in two years! One goal I have for 2020 is to be more intentional in my professional online presence.  Connecting with members of my professional learning network (PLN) has proven to provide some of the greatest professional growth and learning opportunities.  I have "met" many educators who have made an impact on my leadership and instruction.

Feel free to follow me at the links below.  Add your social media accounts in the comments, so we can grow together.

https://twitter.com/WhiteheadsClass
https://www.pinterest.com/whiteheadsclass/
https://sites.google.com/view/cwhitehead/home
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-cara-whitehead-89741542
https://www.youtube.com/user/cjwteach
https://www.facebook.com/Teaching-My-Calling-260520777320839/

Happy posting!

~Cara

5 Prayers for the New Year: 2014

I wish I could take credit for the following graphic, but I cannot.  I found it on Pinterest.  It sums up my resolutions for the year, so I wanted to share it with you.  I'm wishing you a blessed 2014!

~Cara

Pinterest Contest to Win a VocabularySpellingCity Premium Membership

VocabularySpellingCity is holding a super easy contest on Pinterest!  All you have to do is become a VocabularySpellingCity follower on Pinterest, and you are entered to win a Premium Membership to the VocabularySpellingCity.  Don't worry, if you are already a follower, you are entered.  The winner will be randomly selected using http://www.random.org.  The contest will close on Saturday, December 1, 2012, with the winner to be announced on Sunday, December 2, 2012, on this blog.

1. Follow VocabularySpellingCity on Pinterest.
2. Share the Pinterest link with your friends.

Many of you know that not only am I a classroom teacher, but I also work with VocabularySpellingCity in the area of social media promotions.  Part of my duties with the company is to maintain their Pinterest site.  I love to add pins that feature VocabularySpellingCity and how teachers are using the site in their classroom.  However, I also want to share teaching ideas, motivators, and blogs that are helpful to you.  If you have any suggestions on how to make the VocabularySpellingCity Pinterest better, please let me know.  Thank you for your support!

~Cara

VocabularySpellingCity is on Pinterest

Pinterest lovers, VocabularySpellingCity is now on Pinterest.  You will find educational ideas, blog postings, lesson ideas, and helpful hints on using the site.  {Click here} to view their profile.

~Cara

Permission To Pin

Thanks to Laura Candler's Corkboard Connections, I learned some new information that concerns all of use who are Pinterest junkies. When reading Pinterest's fine print, you will find the following statement:


By making available any Member Content through the Site, Application or Services, you hereby grant to Cold Brew Labs a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit such Member Content only on, through or by means of the Site, Application or Services.

Read more: http://technorati.com/social-media/article/pinterest-users-need-to-read-the/#ixzz1nXR01w1k

Basically, we claim we own the rights to the images we are pinning, and Pinterest can sell those images if they so choose.

So, saying that, I give you permission to Pin anything from my blog. However, I will no longer knowingly post from someone's blog unless I have been given permission to do so. How will I know I have permission? Follow these steps from Laura Candler's Corkboard Connection.

1. Add this red Permission to Pin badge to your website or blog by copying and pasting the HTML code below into your blog post or sidebar. Placing it on the sidebar will serve as a permanent symbol that you are giving permission to pin. Link the image back to this exact blog post so others will know what is going on.
   <center><a href="http://corkboardconnections.blogspot.com/2012/02/do-you-have-permission-to-pin.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lauracandler.com/images/pinRed.jpg" border="0" /></a></center>
2. Create a blog post that briefly explains this issue and describes your permissions. Don't forget to include a link to your Pinterest page, too!
3. Join the Link Up at the bottom of {this blog post} by adding your URL and the name of your blog or website to the link up area below. The URL you enter should go to your blog post giving visitors permission to pin, and the image should clearly identify your blog.

~Cara

Add Pinterest Pin It Button to Posts

Up to this point (and you will see on past posts), I have had a Pin It button on my blog. I used the button provided by Pinterest. The downside was that it would only pin my blog button. I wanted to be able to select the picture I would pin, so I went Googling.


I found {this post} that gave me directions for exactly what I wanted. I will summarize the directions, so you can add the Pin It button quickly and easily to your blog, too!

1. Once you are logged into your blog, click DESIGN at the top of the screen. 
2. Click EDIT HTML.
3. Check EXPAND WIDGET TEMPLATES. Be sure to back up your template before making any changes.
4. Click CTRL+F.
5. Copy and paste this code into the search box at the top right. <data:post.body/>
6. Once you have located that code, copy and paste this code directly beneath it. <a href="javascript:void((function()%7Bvar%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)%7D)());"><img style="margin: 0 0 -5px 0;" onclick="doPinIt();" src="http://chykalophia.com/images/pinit-compact.png" alt="Pin It" /></a>
7. Click PREVIEW to make sure there is no problem with the code.
8. If everything is OK, select SAVE TEMPLATE.

Now, you will have a Pinterest Pin It button that will allow the pinner to select any picture on the page.


Happy Pinning! 

~Cara

P.S. To follow my Pinterest boards, click {here}.

Tech Tuesday-Sites I Love

My name is Cara, and I am a Pinterest addict! I have created and filled several boards on my Pinterest account with everything from household cleaners to dinner plans to teaching ideas. Since it is Tech Tuesday, I wanted to share one special board, Sites I Love. This board contains all kinds of web based sites that I have used in my classroom or want to use. I hope you find some inspiration following this board. Happy Pinning!

~Cara