Thing 6: Curation Tools

For this activity, I am looking at Pinterest. I have had a Pinterest account for several years now, but previously hadn't really considered its uses for my professional life. I have created boards that group recipes, craft ideas, nursery ideas when I was pregnant, and home organization ideas. I like that you can create secret boards (perfect when planning a surprise party) and you can follow as many or few boards of your friends as you'd like.

I started following Polly's SLS Cool Tools board and it has inspired me to think more deeply about what sort of Pinterest board would be useful for me in my current position. I have created  a very minimally pinned (for now) "Library Things" board to compile ideas, links, and resources as I stumble across them. I appreciate how easy it is to share ideas and tools using Pinterest, and its graphics-heavy interface is ideal for visual learners.

For use in a school library setting, not only is this helpful for the above-mentioned visual learners, but because pretty much anything can be pinned to a board, it provides a good opportunity to emphasize to students the need to be thoughtful about resources used when doing research and also that not all information found online is to be trusted.