1. Emily Harmon
Web 2.0 Application Review: Pinterest
Pinterest is a web 2.0 application that has a very wide range of uses. Mainly, it is a place
where you can post, share and organize ideas and plans of all types at absolutely no cost at all.
Anyone can use Pinterest, and just about anyone, with any interests at all, can find something
worth “pinning”. Every post on Pinterest is created and presented as a “pin”, which is just a
small description of the post, and a picture accompanying it. The aspect of a picture for every
mini post, makes Pinterest enjoyable to scroll through, picking out posts that you are interested
in. Collaboration is a very important aspect of this application, because it relies solely on people
posting “pins” and other people “pinning” them. When someone “pins” a post, the picture and
post itself are selected to put in a folder or “board” that the person created. In this way, you are
constantly updating your boards and pins that are in them, to use or even share with others.
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As mentioned earlier, Pinterest can be used by absolutely anyone, including teachers. Educators
are now starting to get the feel of Pinterest and are starting to realize the helpful networks that
they can create between teachers. As a teacher, you can use Pinterest to find crafts for your
students, to find lessons on any topic imaginable, or even entire lesson plans for weeks
throughout the year. The aspect of sharing these ideas with fellow teachers helps educators to
build from each others ideas and creations, while giving them a place to organize it all.