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What is Pinterest and what can it do for me?
Pinterest is like a traditional pin board, except that you're pinning online resources (think bookmarks) to an online board that you can save. For example if you're interested in furniture design and you've got a favourite furniture designer's blog, pin their desk chair designs to your own board. You can create different pin boards for each of your interests, follow other people's boards, and repin things that other people have already pinned. To see what it looks like and to find out more, watch this video (1 min 55 secs)

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Take a look at the TED Talks pin board, which includes links to articles about areas of interest such as education, design, books, etc. media type="custom" key="28322361" Find some of these interesting? Pin them!

Can Pinterest replace, amplify or transform the learner experience?
Replacement As an online version of the classic pin board used in classrooms to organise ideas.

Amplification Used for collaborative group work, it allows learners to gather ideas collectively on a shared board.

Transformation You can't share a traditional pin board with an external subject matter expert. However with Pinterest learners can share ideas and collaborate on research beyond the online class with specialists in their field of study.

Challenge yourself

 * 1) Download the app from Google Play or the App Store.
 * 2) Create an account
 * 3) Put together a board on something that you're interested in. Use the search box and pin articles that interest you to your new board. Be warned it's addictive so you might want to set yourself a timer.