What is Pinterest?
Pinterst is a virtual pin board. According to the company itself, “Pinterest is a place to catalog the things you love.” Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people (educators). Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. To get started, request an invite at www.pinterest.com.
The essence of Pinterest is this: You are browsing early childhood blogs and websites and you come across a really cool graphic (idea) you want to save. So you press a button in your browser, save (or “pin”) the image to your Pinterest account, and then all of your followers on Pinterest see the image that you pinned. (All pinned images include links back to their original sources on the web.) People can also repin anything that you like that someone else has pinned. This is the Pinterest version of a retweet. When you repin something, it shows up as a pin on one of your boards and also shows who the original pinner was.
Most of the early childhood sites have a button tagged "Follow me on Pinterest" and you can click on it and go directly to their pins. You can get some great ideas for your classrooms here! In order to save and organize them on your own board you must enroll in Pinterest ( a free service). You can catalog all of your seasonal or unit ideas. At any time you can go back and get those ideas! It's like a virtual file system! The essence of Pinterest is this: You are browsing early childhood blogs and websites and you come across a really cool graphic (idea) you want to save. So you press a button in your browser, save (or “pin”) the image to your Pinterest account, and then all of your followers on Pinterest see the image that you pinned. (All pinned images include links back to their original sources on the web.) People can also repin anything that you like that someone else has pinned. This is the Pinterest version of a retweet. When you repin something, it shows up as a pin on one of your boards and also shows who the original pinner was.
Some ideas (images) from Pinterest:
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