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Who can now deny that, in the internet, we have the greatest educational tool ever conceived by mankind? Surely no Open Culture reader would deny it, anyway, nor could they fail to take an interest in a new startup aiming to increase the internet's educational power further still:
Peter Mellow's insight:
April 6th 2016 - To date, I have found Pindex very disappointing as a potential education tool. A very limited toolset, perhaps better suited for a school audience or the general public. Hopefully they will take feedback on board and add some of the features that are missing.
Louise Robinson-Lay's curator insight,
March 14, 2016 1:18 AM
Worth a look
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Two universities have found image sharing site Pinterest useful in very different ways—one in documenting a political convention, the other in sharing objects from its library archives. Both have succeeded in engaging students.
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Robin Good: A curated collection of Pinterest-like web sites, in perfect Pinterest-like style.
"Pinterest Pinterest Pinterest. It’s spread like a hot, juicy rumor over Twitter, infecting (or improving, depending on how you look at it) the way we use the Internet. Think of it as the Pinterest-ifictation of the Web. If Tumblr were designed today it might look like Pinterest. All Pinterest did was take the Tumblr feed — a mishmash of uploaded, reblogged and remixed words and images — and make it easier to skim. Rather than scroll endlessly through a single feed of content, Pinterest displays it in as many columns as your browser width can handle..."
You can submit your own here: http://pinteresti.st/submit
RSS feed: http://pinteresti.st/rss
(Thanks to Guillaume DeCugis for discovering this)
Via Robin Good
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It's easy to be jaded when there's buzz about a new social network. Who has time to keep up with them all?
The striking, clean visuals and the bulletin board model are sure to appeal to educators, and it certainly has value as a curation tool -- a digital way to save and organize all those little bits of goodness you find online. Intrigued? This week, we're launching the official Edutopia Pinterest account. Whether you're an avid pinner or just a beginner, follow us! Get started by watching the videos below for some ideas about what Pinterest is and how educators are using it.
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It seems as though when one technology tool for the classroom is introduced, another one is waiting to make its debut! We’ve shared several 21st century tools with our readers; however, we have not acquainted you with a recent tool, Pinterest.
Pinterest is an electronic bulletin board where users can “pin” images from around the web. These images are then categorized into various boards on the users’ profile. Pins are also shared and searchable, which makes Pinterest a wonderful resource for visual information. So what are these pin boards good for with regards to integrating them into the classroom?
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Outline of this useful and thorough guide:
1 -What is Pinterest
It includes the presentation "The ultimate guide... to Pinterest" by Michael Litman (http://www.slideshare.net/litmanlive/the-ultimate-guide-to-pinterest-11613788)
Photo available at: http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/pinterest-link-value.html Via Teresa Pombo, Paula Silva
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From
mashable
Pinterest has rolled out a newsletter that emails users curated content.
Mimicking the website’s pinboard style, each pin or board in the email is linked to the website, but users are unable to re-pin or like a post directly from the newsletter. The newsletter lists a few popular boards, pins from friends that might be of interest and a useful feature for brands especially: your most popular pins of the week.
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Blog post by Pete Stevens discussing the impact of sites such as Pinterest on eLearning; specifically their visual design and social aspects.;...
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Good curation tools like Scoop.it and Pinterest are useful for teachers and educators across the globe. Here is an infographic showing how can a educators use Pinterest for educational tasks.
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Pinterest accounts are everywhere - which ones are worth your time to follow and what can you learn from them? We examine Pinterest power users to find some Pinterest best practices. Via catspyjamasnz
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With over 10 million users, Pinterest has rocketed to pop-culture fame since its launch in beta in March 2010.
Via Mark Smithers, catspyjamasnz
Stephen Bright's comment,
November 20, 2012 6:45 PM
Joyce any comment on the copyright implications of Pinterest? My understanding is that they can allow a user to be sued for use of an image and they specifically take nil responsibility for the use of images on their website...
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Pinterest use is booming among people age 25-34 with annual salaries of $100,000 or more (Huffington Post Tech, 21 March, 2012). Via Mark Smithers
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Robin Good: Springpad is both a web and a mobile app that you can use to curate visual collections on any topic.
Unlike Pinterest and similar visual boards, Springpad allows you to add just about any type of content to a collection while it auto-enriches it everytime possible with additional contextual information.
For example if you include a book or a movie into a collection Springpad will gather and display relevant information next to it (author, description, reviews, where to buy it, etc.).
Springpad boards are called "notebooks" and they can be personalized in their look, and made private or public. You can also invite additional contributors and offer a customized providing different views of your collection.
Content can be added to a "notebook" via standard bookmarklet or by using an internal search feature which gathers all types of relevant content.
Works right in your browser and in your favorite smartphone or tablet (iOS and Android).
Free to use.
About: http://springpad.com/about
Download for iOS: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/springpad/id360116898?mt=8
Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.springpad&hl=en
More info: http://springpad.com/
Via Robin Good
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Robin Good: Clipix is a Pinterest-like clipping and collection app which allows you to capture images and content from any web page and to organize it in custom visual boards.
Other key features include a "Price Drop Alert" which emails you when the price of one of the commercial products you have clipped drops and "...For example you might have a multiboard that you call “Recipe Ideas” and inside you’d have 3 clipboards: Baking Recipes, Soup Recipes, and Health Recipes.
The easiest way to create a multiboard is by dragging one clipboard from the icon in the lower right-hand corner into another clipboard."
Video promo: http://youtu.be/4heBUKnDb-w
FAQ: http://www.clipix.com/FAQs.aspx
Try it out now: http://www.clipix.com/
Via Robin Good
's comment July 15, 2012 3:22 AM
Sounds cool, if only Pinterest didn't exist already (or zillions of other similar websites for that matter). thanks for curating and sharing though.
Robin Good's comment,
July 15, 2012 3:26 AM
Thank you Lelapin. The world is beautiful because it is varied. Pinterest will soon lose its "mojo" to many of these more specialized clones, which will provide more immediate value to those specifically interested in that specific area or application. I may be wrong but this is what I expect to happen.
Moreen Torpy's curator insight,
December 20, 2012 4:56 PM
Here's a new take on Pinterest, but it looks like personal use only.
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The Pinterest mothership continues to attract more and more users. As we mentioned a couple months back, teachers have figured out ways to integrate the boards into their curriculum. Here's an infographic that presents more ideas.
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From
chill
Chill is the best place on the web to discover and share videos.
It's like Pinterest for video.
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Pinterest is a visual social network. What the hell does that mean? When I say visual, I mean everything is based on pictures and short explanations of those pictures. Via Kim Flintoff
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