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+ PINTEREST & YOU Jennifer Woodley Communication Specialist Great Prairie AEA [email protected]

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Presentation for Educators/Administrators of Mediapolis District 10-30-13

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+ PINTEREST & YOU

Jennifer WoodleyCommunication SpecialistGreat Prairie [email protected]

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+Hello @jenwoodley24

Communications Specialist Internal/External

Communications News Blogs & E-News (The

Cornerstone) Website Social Media Diva

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+

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+Hello @iamDublin

Puppy Tweets

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Social media defines the activities that integrate

technology, social interaction and the sharing

of words, images, video and audio.

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+More simply put

“Social media is people having conversations online.”

OMG!

DID YOU SEE THIS?

RT!

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+Social Media & You

How many of you… Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Instagram Vine Tumblr Foursquare

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+Social Media by Internet Users

67% Facebook

16% Twitter

15% Pinterest

13% Instagram

6% Tumblr

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+Social Media Users by Gender

1. Facebook

2. Pinterest

3. Instagram

4. Twitter

5. Tumblr

1. Facebook

2. Twitter

3. Instagram

4. Tumblr

5. Pinterest

71% Females 62% Males

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+GPAEA Uses Social Media

www.gpaea.org

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+ Launched in 2010

Pinterest.com

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+What is Pinterest? An animated video.http://youtu.be/oJzD4vF5dFA

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+FUN FACT

Ben Silbermann, CEO & CoFounder of Pinterest born/raised in Des Moines

Go IOWA!

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+The Basics

70 million+ users

Pinterest helps people organize the things they love through the use of pins

A pin can consist of an image or video

People pin quotes, styles, gifts, destinations, recipes, etc.

Pinterest Pages are made up of boards

Boards showcase your brand’s themes, ideas, topics of interest

Follow & be followed

Create guest (collaborative) boards

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+Pins

Pins A pin is an image (or

video) you add to Pinterest that links back to the website it came from.

“Pin it” from a website Re-pin within Pinterest

Where do pins come from?

How can you tell if a pin is quality?

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+Boards

Boards A board is where you

collect your pins. Can be secret or public

and you can invite friends to pin with you on any of your boards.

Make boards for anything and everything!

Group Boards

Cover Photo

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+Home Feed

When you first log in, you land in your home feed.

Collection of the pins from the pinners/boards that you follow. (also recommendations from Pinterest)

Home base, if you want to find it again, click on Pinterest logo.

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+Following

Following people and boards is how you fill up your home feed with interesting stuff.

It’s all about what you like, not who you know!

If you want to follow someone, click on “Follow All” on their profile or “Follow Board” on individual boards.

Group Boards

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+Search & Category

Use the “Search” box to find something specific.

Toggle between Pins Boards Pinners Just my pins

Category Menu lets you search within specific categories.

#Hashtags

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+Copyright & Attribution

http://about.pinterest.com/copyright/

Pinterest ("Pinterest") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same.

Pinterest buying Metadata rights to Getty Images, Flick’r, etc.

Remember! Give credit and link to original source

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+ Create a Pinterest Account

www.pinterest.com

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+Your Pinterest Account

Profile Click on your name, then

“Your Boards” or “Your Pins”

Notifications Tell you when someone

likes, pins or follows you.

Account Settings Click on your name, then

“Settings” to make changes.

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+How to Pin

Find a pin from a website: Hover over the profile

menu and click Add pin Type in the website's

address Click Find Images

Add a pin with the Pin It button: Add the Pin It button to

your browser Find an image on a

website that you want to pin and click the Pin It button

Select the image you'd like to pin

Choose the board for your pin and add a description

Click Pin It

Upload a pin from your computer: Hover over the profile menu and

click Add pin Click Choose Pin and find the file

on your computer Choose the board you'll pin to and

add a description to your pin Click Pin It

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+How to RePin

You can repin any pin you've found on Pinterest to your own board. When you repin, the user who first pinned the image will also get credit. A repin keeps the source of the original pin no matter how many times it’s repinned.

To repin a pin: Hover over the pin and click Pin It. Or, open up the pin to

the large view and click Pin It.  Choose the board you'll pin to and add a description to your

pin.  Click Pin It.

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+Who should I follow?

Iowa’s AEAs - http://www.pinterest.com/iowaaea/

Mepo Schools - http://www.pinterest.com/meposchools/

Edutopia - http://www.pinterest.com/edutopia/

ASCD - http://www.pinterest.com/officialascd/

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+ Pinterest Hunt

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+1. Create a new board

Click on the + by your name or go to “Your Boards” to create a new board.

Name it "Pinterest Hunt”

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+Pin/RePin to your new board

a resource for Common Core lessons

how to organize a teacher portfolio

ideas to help middle school struggling readers   

ideas for using technology in the Language Arts classroom   

resources for "flipped learning”

ideas to keep kids reading over the summer   

an iPad app you can use for your grade level and subject area   

ways to increase student engagement that use technology

ideas to celebrate Earth Day (April 22, 2014) in your classroom

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+Share your board!

Invite people to your board Go to the board and click Edit Enter the first and last name (or email address) of the

invitee under Who can pin?  Click his/her name once it loads Note: You must follow at least one of the person’s boards in

order to invite him/her Repeat for any other people you'd like to add Click Save Changes

Share with at least one other person in the room.

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+ MepoSchools

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+MepoSchools & Pinterest

Collaborate! Share resources within your subject area or grade level

Create boards for: Parents Students Community Members About your District (link back to your website)

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+Talk Amongst Yourselves!

How can you use Pinterest as an Educator? in your classroom?

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+Your Classroom & Pinterest

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+Education & Pinterest

Market Research

Visual Storytelling/Custom Pinboards

Collaboration

Guest Pinners

Contests

Alumni/Nostalgia

Educational Campaigns

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Overwhelmed yet?

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+Social Media Tips for Educators

Don’t friend current students/parents

Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want in the newspaper

Ask your friends to be mindful when posting pictures of you

Check your privacy settings

Don’t argue

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Thank you!

Resources & PP:http://bit.ly/gpaeaPin

Contact: Jennifer [email protected]@gpaea.org

Connect with GPAEA: www.gpaea.org

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+Sources

Videos What is Pinterest? An

animated video. http://youtu.be/oJzD4vF5dFA

Photos iClipart.com

(subscription) Pinterest.com

Statistics Pew Internet,

http://www.pewinternet.org/

Public Assembly Webinar, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqLM3zGsbgg&feature=youtu.be