Pinterest is a social network which allows you to share and comment on visual material, which could be photographs, sketches, videos or web pages. Like a virtual scrapbook, but very public, you can collate the items that you love. This post explores some uses for it in education
The Social Networking section of the 2013 State of America's Libraries Report from the American Library Association provides information about the use of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other Web 2.0 technologies in libraries including the increased use of gaming technology.
This blog post outlines types of social media that can be used in the classroom. These include Twitter, blogs, Flickr, Skype, and Pinterest, and Tumbl.