EDTK 2030

Be creative and think of ANY topic in ICT that interests you. You need to independently think about something that you are curious about as long as it relates to this course. (You need to fully come up with a topic on your own) 

As an early childhood educator I have to keep up with trends of the present century. Lately I have been hearing about Pinterest a lot, as I triggered my mind trying to figure out what it is, the question was even asked at a BBC session I had but was ignored. The interest to find out what exactly Pinterest is gradually died down as I set my mind on tasks at hand. This assignment gives me the opportunity to learn all I want to know from about Pinterest.

According to Wkikpedia.org Pinterest is a free websites that one has to register before being able to use, after registration the individual is able to upload videos or pictures to their page, this page is called ‘pin it’. Pinterest can be used as an educational ICT tool by creating a page/group so that persons in the same class can interact with each other by adding their comments to a particular topic .

The reason for choosing this topic is so that I may be able to learn about Pinterest, why everyone seem so interested and how Pinterest can be used in education. Like Facebook, twitter and WhatsApp, Pinterest is another social media that allows you to see the latest trends and happenings through the World Wide Web. Pinterest can be used to connect with long lost friends and relatives and also keep in touch with present loved ones.

Pinterest can help me teach mathematics or any given topic to person that are in my contact or persons desiring to learn through this medium of communication. What can be done is that I could post a question or work and persons can access the question and give their answer by using the ‘pin it’ page. A conversation thread would then be created and everyone could be able to see what each other is doing, give their feedback and work the problem together.