Emily Harmon

Web 2.0 Application Review: Pinterest

Pinterest is a web 2.0 application that has a very wide range of uses. Mainly, it is a place

where you can post, share and organize ideas and plans of all types at absolutely no cost at all.

Anyone can use Pinterest, and just about anyone, with any interests at all, can find something

worth “pinning”. Every post on Pinterest is created and presented as a “pin”, which is just a

small description of the post, and a picture accompanying it. The aspect of a picture for every

mini post, makes Pinterest enjoyable to scroll through, picking out posts that you are interested

in. Collaboration is a very important aspect of this application, because it relies solely on people

posting “pins” and other people “pinning” them. When someone “pins” a post, the picture and

post itself are selected to put in a folder or “board” that the person created. In this way, you are

constantly updating your boards and pins that are in them, to use or even share with others.

!As mentioned earlier, Pinterest can be used by absolutely anyone, including teachers. Educators

are now starting to get the feel of Pinterest and are starting to realize the helpful networks that

they can create between teachers. As a teacher, you can use Pinterest to find crafts for your

students, to find lessons on any topic imaginable, or even entire lesson plans for weeks

throughout the year. The aspect of sharing these ideas with fellow teachers helps educators to

build from each others ideas and creations, while giving them a place to organize it all.