For our next
student-created assignment, we were tasked with learning and using
Pinterest. I was part of the group that
worked on the assignment, but as it was designed as an individual activity, initially, we
were unsure how to start the assignment. After Dr. Bert said we had some creative license on
interpretation, we embarked on our adventure as TEAM CYCLONE - Mike, Kailana
and me! Why Team Cyclone? - you may ask? And the simple answer is, "I have no
idea!" I think Mike suggested it
and Team Cylone, we became.
I already had some
experience with Pinterest, so after some fumbling and trial and error, I was
able to create a board that we all could pin on. We each pinned 5 items from the suggested pin
list. We posted our board in our Google
community and were also able to review the other Team Bioboards. It was very enlightening and gave great insight
into our classmates!
Here is a link to our board: TEAM CYCLONE'S BIOBOARD Check it out!
Here is a link to our board: TEAM CYCLONE'S BIOBOARD Check it out!
Based on the
experience, I can see how Pinterest is a top curation site. I find it useful for saving useful resources
and the "boards" are a great way to categorize it by topic. For instance, I have boards titled "
Recipes", "Bucket List", and "Things I will make…one
day:)" I recently opened a board
named "Ed Tech" to curate resources, information and other useful
tools that I may be able to use. I was
also able to find some users with similar interests and have started following
them. It's kind of like twitter but with
visuals.
One way it could be
used in my locus of control as a counselor would be to share a link to a board
with pins of useful resources for college students such as links to their
school's website (career center, student services, tutoring,), scholarships,
FAFSA, etc. It even may be a way to
easily share college success strategy articles or tips. I may look into trying to incorporate it into
my work soon.
I really enjoyed
working with my team and learning more about them through the pins. It does give insight into one's personality
since you have billions of items that you can choose from. I'm glad I had the chance to take the time to
explore the site and become familiar with its features. If you haven't checked it out recently, you
may want to try the Explore interests feature that allows you to click on
topics based on your pins…easy way to find things that you like! (also possibly
an example of big data in action - ha!ha!)
Hope you had a
pinteresting week!
A hui hou,
Terri
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