I really do not need any practice in learning how to effectively navigate Pinterest but others might. I remember when I first joined Pinterest I did not realize that the pictures were also links, I thought it was just an image collecting website. I still remember the feeling of awe I had when I realized it was more than just pictures (I realize I was being a little oblivious). Besides that little hiccup in the beginning, I found Pinterest to be a very user friendly website.
A lot of the users of Pinterest are teachers. All of my friends that are teachers actively use their Pinterest boards, and tell me of how amazing their classrooms look because of the ideas they got from other teachers. I happened to find this article online about ways teachers use Pinterest.
http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/37-ways-teachers-can-use-pinterest-in-the-classroom/
There are several methods of using Pinterest that are listed on this website that would be great for any training facilitator to use. One way is to use Pinterest to share successful lesson plans. If training developers have easier access to ideas for training strategies it might save them a lot of time when they are re-adjusting the training after conducting a formative evaluation (it would take a lot of the error out of trial and error). Also, using a pinboard to collect ideas could be a training activity that benefits highly visual learners. For those trainees that are not visual learners, Pinterest can also provide ideas for lessons that cater to auditory and kinesthetic learners. Training developers can also use Pinterest to find tutorials to add to their training modules. The Pinterest possibilities are almost endless.
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