Rachel's Pinterest Board for GAFE One of my favorite social media sites is Pinterest. It works as a great book marking tool for all things on the web. For me it allows for more organization and easier navigation than bookmarks in my browser. I have a personal gmail account, a work gmail account, a masters coursework gmail account, and my undergrad university email recently switched to gmail (I wonder who provides the best services!). I am regularly logged in to two different chrome accounts (work and personal) and browse for work material on both. If I stick with just book marks within my browser window, I have to copy and paste links from one window to the other to get book marks in the right place. This is a big hassle when I'm in a hurry and want to save something.
I've tried other book marking systems in the past like Stumble Upon, Diigo and LiveBinders, but for me, Pinterest is the best. With the others managing and adding links is complicated and time consuming. With Pinterest, I downloaded a Chrome Extension for Pinterest for all my browsers and now when I find something I like, I simply click on the extension button to capture the page. I can select which pin board I would like the page attached to and from there add a description.
I use Pinterest for education ideas, things around the house, recipes, and so much more. One of my favorite boards right now is my GAFE board where I am collecting all things Google and Google Apps for Education related. I pin articles and how-tos that I find myself as well as re-pin posts from other educators and technology specialists I follow on Pinterest.
I've tried other book marking systems in the past like Stumble Upon, Diigo and LiveBinders, but for me, Pinterest is the best. With the others managing and adding links is complicated and time consuming. With Pinterest, I downloaded a Chrome Extension for Pinterest for all my browsers and now when I find something I like, I simply click on the extension button to capture the page. I can select which pin board I would like the page attached to and from there add a description.
I use Pinterest for education ideas, things around the house, recipes, and so much more. One of my favorite boards right now is my GAFE board where I am collecting all things Google and Google Apps for Education related. I pin articles and how-tos that I find myself as well as re-pin posts from other educators and technology specialists I follow on Pinterest.
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