Pinterest can be used to enhance teaching and learning in several ways: 1) Teachers can create boards to collect resources for subjects, topics, projects, themes and reading lists which students can then use for research and learning. 2) Students can create their own boards to independently collect and organize content related to their learning, taking ownership over the curation process. 3) The social aspects of Pinterest allow students to follow teachers and peers, sharing findings and collaborating on boards, increasing engagement and community.

1. How you can use Pinterest to enhance
teaching and learning?

2. Who loved swap cards?

3. My mother used to collect these

4. People sometimes collect the
strangest things (socks).
Photo source:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/taboo/galleries/weird-collections/at/surrounded-by-socks-57811/

5. Pinterest is a great way to collect things
online. Yes, it's addictive

7. Many people think Pinterest is about this

8. or this

9. But it can also
look like this.
Look deeper.

10. What is Pinterest?
Pinterest is cloud-
based.
If you get an
account, log in on
any device
anywhere.

11. Pinterest is a search engine
Information Desk, Tokyo https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.
com/736x/6e/71/48/6e7148adfedc814c6ab57ef8828b9ee4.jpg

12. What is Pinterest?
Pinterest is a
bookmarking site.
You can search
for, collect and
organise
images/websites/
videos.

13. It's a social
network
(Unlike Google) You follow
people.
● Find experts in the
field
● Find organisations,
educators, curators,
scientists...

14. ● Look at who these people follow and piggy-
back them also.
● If you find the right people, you can ‘help
yourself’ to their collections.

15. Source: http://www.edudemic.com/guides/the-teachers-guide-to-pinterest/

16. Source: http://www.edudemic.
com/guides/the-teachers-guide-to-
pinterest/

17. Source: http://www.
edudemic.
com/guides/the-
teachers-guide-to-
pinterest/

18. Students can use it to find, save and organise
content.
eg. Art students can
● collect visual ideas, art info and tutorials.
● They follow their teacher and peers.
● They make choices (individualisation).
● They take responsibility for their learning.
What can you imagine your students doing with
Pinterest?

19. Some Melbourne High School Art
students’ collections (early stages)

24. Teachers can use it to find experts to follow and
pin from.
These are only some of the people/organisations we found.

25. Tim Day
https://www.pinterest.com/timdayhuff/
https://www.pinterest.com/timdayhuff/

26. https://www.pinterest.com/mercedescsinger/

27. https://www.pinterest.com/vouterb2/

28. https://www.pinterest.com/prinoer/

29. https://www.pinterest.com/fihobbs/

30. Teachers can use it for teaching material and to
generate ideas.
They can share and collaborate with faculty, etc.
https://flic.kr/p/y3ym1

31. Mihaela’s Pinterest collection
https://www.pinterest.com/mbrysha/

32. Tania’s Pinterest collection https://www.pinterest.com/taniatorikova/
https://www.pinterest.com/taniatorikova/

33. Teachers can use it to create specific
collections.

34. Teachers can use it as curriculum
● collect resources for teaching and learning

35. More ideas for using Pinterest

36. Pin images/information for a
subject
eg. Art History

37. Pin images/info for a
subject within a subject
eg. Urban Art

38. Pin photos for a project
- eg our year 9
Scavenger Hunt
Get students to pin and
share their photos with
the class/teacher.

39. Pin images for a theme - manhood. Use as
writing/discussion prompts.

40. Pin images for a concept - connections

41. Recommended reading list eg Science Fiction
books

42. Collect images for a presentation eg image for
student blogging voice.

43. Collect videos eg. German videos and podcasts.

44. Collect online resources for teaching eg. Issues articles

45. Collaborate on a collection eg French language

46. Find a great board and follow the person -
Victoria Outerbridge

47. Then check out who they're following

48. Art and Interior Design Studio

49. Rijksmuseum on Pinterest (National Museum of the
Netherlands)

50. Metropolitan Museum of Art on Pinterest

51. Australian history on Pinterest

52. Search Australian history

53. Expert: Art director and graphic designer
https://www.pinterest.com/designquixotic/

54. Polyhedra/modular origami

55. Brian Ganter - Academic (courses on Pinterest)
https://www.pinterest.com/gantercapcourse/

56. Prof Jess - Assistant Professor of Sociology
https://www.pinterest.com/profjess/

57. The Public Domain Review
https://www.pinterest.com/publicdomainrev/

58. For English teachers - politically incorrect adverts

59. Creative/conceptual collections
https://www.pinterest.
com/charlmalan/

60. How does this enhance student
learning?
● Increase student engagement because students own their own
collections (boards) and take charge of their learning
● Passive to active - students do not rely on teacher to provide
learning resources
● Opportunities for differentiation and passion-driven learning
● Sharing amongst peers increases community (social learning)
● Collaborative practices increased
● Connection to real-world, not textbook but people (experts)
https://flic.kr/p/5cR3vm

61. Higher order thinking
● Development of higher order thinking through
evaluation of quality, relevant resources,
selection and organisation
● Creation of conceptual collections

62. Digital literacies
● using the search function to find pins, pinners,
boards
● locating experts (evaluating people as
authoritative/expert)
● curating online
https://flic.kr/p/hnUte7

63. Differentiated
teaching
● When you look at student boards, the quality of their choices
reveals their thinking processes, ability to research and
understanding of topic/theme/ category.
● Handing over curation to students
● Quick way of checking students’ understanding of the topic
https://flic.kr/p/pRgzo8

64. What is your focus?
Find and share what
you see.