Pinterest: the numbers

How do you rank with these numbers?

Pinterest Stats
I found an infographic from a year ago that had the average number of boards as 3, average number of pins as 171, and following 20 people.

The infographic from the Repinly article which was posted in January of this year has the average number of boards as 35, average number of pins as 2757, and following 35 people.

Talk about growth!

How do YOU use pinterest?  Be sure to share on:  #lpsconnects!

The Pinterest Phenomenon

Are teachers using Pinterest?  Here is what I found...

We have seen Pinterest examples from elementary to college.  Edudemic has a great blog post (see image to the left) that talks about this fantastic tool!  Will YOU start pinning?  Read More

AND it won't stop at Pinterest....EduClipper, EduCanvas, and Learnist are all taking the ideas of Pinterest and bringing them into the classroom
Read More

After digesting all of these great resources, record your thoughts on #lpsconnects!  Find other resources that should be shared?  Share via our hashtag or Pin to the Connected Educator board!  So many choices...

Even Pinterest can keep secrets!

Yes, you can now have "secret' boards... up to three at a time!  Not only can the boards be secret, but

you get to share them with people only YOU select.  There is an elementary school in LPS that has a secret board so they can share ideas, brainstorm, and discuss as an internal team.  They also find it to be more secure for sharing student work without opening it up to the world.  I really like receiving the emails as reminders to continually go back and check out the new pins being shared.

The image on the left is from a blog that shares how to set up these secret boards and "10 ways to use..." Or consider visiting Pinterest's Help Board for "Secret Board Basics"

How would you use a secret board?  Share your thoughts on #lpsconnects today!

Pinterested?

What is all the buzz about Pinterest?

There are many ways to learn about this digital tool, you could watch a video....

OR check out the numbers and figures on the following infographic:

13 'Pinteresting' Facts About Pinterest Users infographic

THEN head to the source and explore for yourself!  Pinterest

Already Pinterested? Let's start pinning!

Badge focus for the week:  

Your challenge depends on your Pinterest background... so let's get started: Pinterest Playlist 

• If you are a beginner start at the beginning, sign up, explore and pin away!
• If you are an avid pinner skip to the second half of the playlist and begin producing your own photos and web posts.
• If you are an advanced Pinterest producer, what can you teach us?  Please post a comment below.

Post your board to the Connected Educator Spreadsheet and then we will share the LPS Board with you to be able to then share boards and ideas with everyone!