Pinterest

toc You will be using Pinterest to gather your research together on a board. PInterest is easy to use and comes with an app for the iPad and Android devices as well as a bookmarklet and pinning button.

=Lesson 1=

Log In
First log in to the school Pinterest account. Your teacher will give you the user name and password.

Next click on the user "abc" in the top right hand corner of the screen.



Access "Your Boards" and select the appropriate 7th grade board.

These are the different ways you can add pins to the board. = =

Other Ways to Pin
Google Chrome has a very useful extension for pinning right from the pages you are researching from First search out the Pinterest EXTENSION in the Google Chrome Store.(Your Google Chrome may have updated recently. If so you will now find the Chrome store in the Bookmarks bar.

Once you have installed the extension click the and select an image from the choices that appear.



These are the images from this online lesson that appear when I click my Pinterest extension.

__**What if there are no images on the webpage to pin**__? If no images appear, type the name of the website in a Google or Word document.



Next, take a screen shot of your typing (shift/command/4) and upload that image as your pin.



You will then need to click edit the pin and add the source which is the url of the website you are pinning. **Click on the PENCIL** to edit the pin.



Copy the url (shift/command/4 or shift/flag/4 ) and paste in the url as the source.



***Remember that command on the keyboards in the ICT LAB is actually the Windows key, which looks like a little flag (shift/flag/4).

Other Browsers and Devices
Pinterest also comes with apps for the iPad, a bookmarklet and a Pin browser extension. Click here to access these options.





=Lesson 2: Your Tasks=
 * 1) Add the Pinterest extension to your Chrome account.
 * 2) Use your webs search skills and the Smart Search Tools we have looked at to search out relevant sites on slavery in the United States.
 * 3) Use the comment section of your pins to record a few notes on the information you found on each page.
 * 4) Use you web evaluation skills to evaluate the website.

If it is not a reliable source, delete it from the edit menu in Pinterest.
 * Remember when evaluating websites you should ask yourself 6 main questions: **
 * **Who is the author?** Are they experts?
 * **Who is the publisher?** Are they reputable and trustworthy?
 * **Is the site up to date?** When was it last updated?
 * **Is the information Accurate?** Can it be cross referenced on other sites?
 * **Who links to and what is linked from the site? I**s there link rot, where do the links go and what do those who link to it say?
 * **Are there examples of bias?** Is it one sided, full of opinions or exclamatory writing?

=Lesson 3: Your Task=

You will use your research skills to search out information on issues affecting your country or region. Don't forget to try Twitter Search and New Searches in Google for real time information.

Google News Search


Use your search skills to perform a boolean operator search, use Boolify, and try a Google Advanced Search, and try out some of the Smart Search Tools you have been introduced to.

=Comments on Pins= Evaluate the sources you encounter and only Pin sites that you think are reliable.
 * 1) For each Pin you add you must also add notes in the form of a comment.
 * 2) Notes should contain important information you have found on that website.
 * 3) Notes must not be copied and pasted.
 * 4) You must read through the information carefully and decide what information is most important for the project.

__Do not replicate pins others in your group have added.__ __Do look at the pins others have added and add your comments to them.__