A general overview of Pinterest demonstrating its functionality in education, business, social and private environments.

1. Social Media Training
Pinterest
A Cyber Guardians Online Course
©Bradley W. Deacon 2014

2. Learning Objectives
• To gain an appreciation of Pinterest
• Identify the many uses of Pinterest
• Identify the functionality of Pinterest
• Pinterest for research
• Pinterest in the classroom
• Pinterest & covert ‘messages’
“Tell me & I will forget, show me & I may remember, involve me & I will understand”
Chinese Proverb

3. Pinterest
Pinterest is a social networking website that allows you to
organize and share ideas with others. You can share your
own content as well as things that other users have posted
• Is free
• Has over 70 Million Users (Smith 2014)
• Is similar to a large corkboard
• Is an excellent platform to share links, images and ideas
• Can be used for pleasure, work and education
• Great for planning trips
• Is an excellent platform to store photos
.

4. Pinterest Mechanics
Pinterest is made up of Pins and Boards
Pinning To A Board
Think of your board as a large corkboard
on your office or kitchen wall. Once you
see an article, a picture, a recipe or take a
photograph you simply ‘Pin’ the item to
your ‘Board’.

5. Pinterest Advanced Search Capability
The following short video shows you a
sample range of what you can search for
on Pinterest and how it can enhance your
planning and research
Adding The Pinterest ‘Pin It’ Pin To
Your Browser
The following short video of
approximately 40 seconds shows you how
to add the ‘Pinterest’ ‘Pin’ to your
Browser to enable you to ‘Pin’ with just
one click.

6. Your Pinterest Board
• Boards are where you organize ‘Pins’
• Organize ‘Group or Class ‘Boards’
• You can also make ‘Boards’ ‘Private’

7. What Is A Pin?
• Pins are like ‘bookmarks’ with images
• Pins can be added with one click to your board
• Pins link back to the site it came from

8. Sample Boards
Boards are only limited by your imagination or projects

9. Sample Boards
Upcoming trips or past trips

10. Follow Individual or Business Boards
Boards are only limited by your imagination or projects

11. Create A #tag Project
Get creative & create a #tag project and share it with your network
Integrate your #tag with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Linkedin
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12. Pinterest Encourages Creativity
Pinterest relies on sharing and creativity
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13. Pinterest & Research
Create boards on research topics and ‘Pin’ articles
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14. Housekeeping Tip
Be sure to turn off automatic feed to Twitter &
Facebook as you may not want to share every ‘Pin’ to
your network

15. Planning Your Pinterest
Look at
other
‘Boards’
Start
‘Pinning’ &
sharing
Set up free
Pinterest
account
Share it on
your social
media
network
Set up a
variety of
‘Boards’

16. Secret Boards
You can create a ‘Secret Board’ and invite people to join
the ‘Private Board’

17. Messaging & Private Messaging
You can comment on ‘Pins and if the ‘Board’ is ‘Private’ & you
have access your message is ‘private’
This feature is just another method that children can ‘chat’
privately that parents & law enforcement must be aware of

18. Great On
Mobiles
One Click Your Pin
To Your Board
Add
Research
Links
Add
Video
Links
Great Search Capability
Can Message
Privately
Encourages
Sharing
Collaborate

19. References
Smith, C. 2014, ‘By The Numbers: 100 Amazing Pinterest Statistics’ accessed
at http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/pinterest-stats/#.U9Bhdl4-E2w on
July 24 2014