2. Ben Silbermann loved collecting as a child and
wanted to create Pinterest to help people
continue their collections online.
“What you collect says
so much about who you
are," Silbermann.
3. A place to organize and share online images you find
interesting or inspiring.
The portability of Pinterest has replaced the three-ring
binder.
People create Boards and then pin ideas.
Examples:
• Organize inspiring images for work.
• Cooks keep online recipe boxes.
• DIY-ers can bookmark tutorials for those rainy day
projects.
4. December 9, 2009 -The Development of Pinterest began by co
founders Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra.
March 10, 2010 - The first prototype of Pinterest was launched
and the site was only open to people with invitation and a
small group of colleagues and family members.
March 2011 - Pinterest launched it's first IPhone app which
brought in a more than expected number of downloads .
December 2011 - Pinterest was one of the top 10 largest social
networking sites.
January 2012 - Pinterest had reached 11.7 million users.
October 2013 -Pinterest is worth 3.8 billion dollars.
5. • 20 million users
• IPhone app downloaded 200,000 time per/day
• Pinterest for Android users was first released in August, along
with the Ipad app
• Pinterest users spend an average of 14 minutes on the site
• Over 4 million daily visitors
6. Users on Pinterest are called pinners.
When you share something on Pinterest, each
bookmark is called a pin.
When you share someone else’s pin on Pinterest,
it’s called a repin.
You group pins together by topic onto various
boards or pinboards in your profile.
7. There are three major ways teachers and students can use Pinterest
into their classrooms.
• Inspiration
• Lesson planning
• Professionally
• Suggest reading material
• Share quotes and inspiration
• Show student work
• Can be:
Teacher to teacher
Teacher to student
Student to student
8. • To keep future, new and current students connected,
involved and informed, many colleges create boards
that focus on:
• Sports teams
• Game day tailgating
• Campus life
• Local interests
• Fashion and college gear
• Fitness
• Food
• Famous alumni
• Mascot
• Campus groups and organization
9. • You can make a group board for students and teachers.
• How to:
• Go to the board and click Edit
• Enter the person's first and last name (or email address) under
Who can add Pins?
• Click their name once it comes up
• Repeat for any other people you'd like to add
• Click Save Changes
• You can add or delete pinners as many times as needed.
10. • Students can pin pictures that reflect their
interests or hobbies.
• Teachers can share lesson plans or other
resources with faculty.
• Create a class wish list that students can add to for parents
to view.
• Assign discussions on specific pins related to the class
assignment.
• Teachers can share and learn new and innovative teaching
methods.
11. • Pros
• Promotes collaboration between students and teachers.
• Creates an online compilation of your ideas and
resources.
• Keeps all ideas and resources organized.
• Cons
• At times, not all media can be repinned.
• Others can pin your material opening your users to other
pinners outside of your group boards.
• You have to create a Facebook/Twitter account to open a
Pinterest account.
