The document discusses how educators can use Pinterest, a visual bookmarking tool, in their classrooms to collaborate with other teachers, collect and organize resources for lessons, and build reference boards. It provides tips for getting started with Pinterest, explains appropriate and inappropriate content to pin, and references how other educators are successfully using the site.

1. Using
In Your Classroom
By: Lindsay Little
Gordon College
EDU 614

2. What is ?
• Visual
Bookmarking tool
• Create boards
related to your
interests
• Collect resources
and organize
them using pin
boards
• Share and
Pinterest Home Page collaborate by
creating
community
boards

3. How Educators Use
o Collaborate
 Teacher to teacher
 Teacher to student
 Student to student
o Collect
 Resources for units and organize them into
boards
 Accrue visuals & videos for presentations
 Resources from other teacher boards
 Store resources in one place
 Prompt online discussion
 Build reference boards

4. Christine Erickson. (2012, February 25). [infographic of pinterest
facts]. 13 „pinteresting‟ facts about pinterest users. Retrieved from
http://mashable.com/2012/02/25/pinterest-user-demographics/#
But, Why Use
?

5. How Do I Get Started?
Need Twitter or Facebookaccount to join
Pin Etiquette:
• Be Respectful
• Be Authentic
Pinterest. 2012. Pin Etiquette.
• Credit Your SourcesRetrieved from
http://pinterest.com/about/etiquette/

6. Joining Pinterest
When you join:
•Pinterest automatically asks what you‟re
interested in
• After clicking some interests, Pinterest
suggests followers that suit you
• Install “Pin It” Button in Bookmark Bar

7. http://www.pinterest.com/mzlindsay/
MY PINBOARDS
• Explain the home page
• View Pin Boards
•Resources/References
•Vietnam War Mock Unit
•Privacy Settings
• Searching for resources in the site
• Create a new board

8. TERMS OF SERVICE
COPY RIGHT
 “Pinterest values and respects the rights of third party creators and
content owners, and expects you to do the same. You therefore
agree that any user content that you post to the service does not
and will not violate any law or infringe the rights of any third
party, including without limitation any Intellectual Property
Rights, publicity rights or rights of privacy. We reserve the right, but
are not obligated, to remove User Content from the Service for any
reason, including Content that we believe violates these Terms or
the Pinterest Acceptable Use Policy. We therefore ask that you
please be careful when deciding whether to make User Content
available on our Service” (Pinterest, Terms of Service, paradii).
 To avoid copy right infringement, some websites and its media (like
Flickr) may not be “pinnable” because a “nopin” HTML tag released
in February 2012 (wikipedia, pinterest).

9. WHAT TO PIN WHAT NOT TO PIN
 Other members of Pinterest.  Artists who have marked “all
 People who have a Pinterest rights reserved”
button on their site  People who have not
 Artists who use Creative indicated copyright use
Commons  People who license their
 People with an online Etsy images to publishers or
shop. manufacturers
 List credit in the caption to link  Anonymous tumblr or blog
back to the original site. images are usually neither
licensed or credited.
What is Appropriate to ?
Lori Mcnee, 2012, How to use pinterest and still respect
copyrights.

10. Other Visual Bookmarking
Tools
Learnist
Clipboard
Educlipper

11. Pinning it all Together…
Pinterest is a popular way to share, collect, and
collaborate with other people
• PROS
• Collaboration
• Collection
• Organization
• CONS
• Cannot pin all media
• Creating a twitter/facebook account to join
• Others can automatically re-pin your content
• Why I would use Pinterestin my classroom
• my 1st day, I had 100 re-pins of my material
• connecting with teachers all over the world
• organizing my content visually

12. How I felt about
Pinterest when I
first joined…

13. References
American Profile. (2012, May 16). What is pinterst? Gatehouse News Service. Retrieved
from http://www.whitehalljournal.com/lifestyle/x1986335783/What-is-Pinterest
Aaron, Morrison. (2011, September). Four ways to use pinterest in education. Pearson
Education Inc. Retrieved from http://www.pearsonschoolsystems.com/blog/?
p=424#
Best Colleges Online (2012, January). 30 Inspiring Pinterest Pins for Teachers.
Retrieved from http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2012/01/02/30-inspiring-
pinterest-pins-for-teachers/
Greg Boser. (2012). Everything you need to know about pinterst. BlueGlass Inc.
Retrieved from http://www.blueglass.com/articles/ultimate-guide-to-pinterest/
Denny Carter. (2012, March 14). Ignoring pinterest in 2012 could make colleges look
„old and stodgy‟: Social media experts are finding ways to use the picture-based
social network, but many schools haven‟t embraced the site. ecampusnews.com.
Retrieved from http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/ignoring-pinterest-in-2012-
could-make-colleges-look-old-and-stodgy/
Copyright and Trademark. (2012, April). Pinterest. Retrieved from http://pinterest.com/
about/copyright/
Jeff Dunn. (2012, March 23). The teacher‟s quick guide to pinterest. [web log comment].
Retrieved from http://edudemic.com/2012/03/the-teachers-quick-guide-to-pinterest/

14. References
Jeff Dunn. (2012, February 29). The reason I just deleted my pinterest account. [web
log comment]. Retrieved from http://edudemic.com/2012/02/pinterest-delete/
Jeff Dunn. (2012, March 13). 20 Ways Libraries are using pinterest right now. [web
log comment]. Retrieved from http://edudemic.com/2012/03/20-ways-libraries-
are-using-pinterest-right-now/
Christine Erickson. (2012, February 25). [infographic of pinterest facts]. 13
„pinteresting‟ facts about pinterest users. Retrieved from http://mashable.com/
2012/02/25/pinterest-user-demographics/#
Adam Glenn. (2012, March 20). How educators are using pinterest for showcasing,
curation. PBS. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2012/03/how-
educators-are-using-pinterest-for-showcasing-curation080.html
Terry Heick. (2010, February 13). 5 tipis for using pinterest in your classroom.
Edudemic. [web log comment]. Retrieved from http://edudemic.com/2012/02/5-
tips-for-using-pinterest-in-your-classroom/
(2012, February 9). Know your internet: What is pinterest and why should I care?
The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/
2012/02/know-your-internet-what-is-pinterest-and-why-should-i-care/252835/

15. References
Lori Mcnee. (2012, February 27). How to use pinterest and still respect
copyrights. [web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.finearttips.com/
2012/02/how-to-use-pinterest-and-still-respect-copyrights/
Rabichev, R. (2012, May 30). Internet marketing company conducts a poll on
pinterest and marketing. Yahoo! News. Retrieved from http://
news.yahoo.com/internet-marketing-company-conducts-poll-pinterest-
marketing-211218446.html
Statista.com. (2012, February 28). [Inforgaphic of the rise of pinterst]. The rapid
rise of pinterest‟s blockbuster user engagement. Retrieved from http://
mashable.com/2012/02/28/pinterest-user-engagement/#