Pinterest: For Your Interests

In case you haven't noticed (how could you not!?), Pinterest is the newest website taking over the Internet world. Just in case you don't know what it is, Pinterest is a website where you can post about your interests. Each post you make is called a 'pin'. You make 'boards', which are the categories that you post your pins in. For example, the boards that I tend to post in a lot are my Home Design, Teacher Tips, and Wedding boards. You follow other people who pin things that interest you, and their pins come up on your dashboard/home page. So if someone that I was following pinned a picture of a wedding dress I really liked, I would 'repin' it onto my Wedding board. It sounds a little confusing, but the more you use it, the more easy it is to navigate the site. If you haven't yet, I would recommend giving it a try! 

Image found here - this website has a Pinterest 101 tutorial, if you're curious!

I mentioned the fact that I have a board for Teacher Tips. I get a lot of really nice ideas when searching through the 'education' tag, and I post my findings on my Teacher Tips board. I think that Pinterest is a great resource for teachers. I've gotten ideas for lessons on Pinterest and put my own spin on them. One thing I'm unsure of is how fair use would play into this. It's hard to tell what the source for some of the images are, because so many people are reposting them. Sometimes, the poster isn't the owner of the content. So when I write a lesson and get my ideas from Pinterest, I'm unsure how to go about giving credit for those ideas. I'll have to look into that so I can be sure I'm not infringing upon fair use. 

How many of you use Pinterest? Leave your url and I'll check it out! Here's mine.