Pindex: A pinboard for learning

It’s hard to believe that Pindex hasn’t been developed before now because when you stop and think about it, the idea has almost always been out there.

Launched just a month ago, its premise is simple and its design is very appealing.  Its four person team aims to curate educational videos and infographics for teachers and students.

In short it’s a pinboard for learning or looking at it another way …..  a Pinterest for Educators.

More information can be extracted from the Pindex website:

Pindex is a pinboard to collect and discover the best educational material. It’s not just for teachers and students. Anyone can create boards to share their passion and enjoy the adventure of learning.

Take a look at this video which gives a glimpse of what’s available on Pindex

or explore a guide to Pindex to figure out how best this new resource can be used in your school or shared as a resource through your library.

Be quick to request an invite.  I’m anxiously awaiting mine so that I can have a more in depth peek at this fabulous new resource!

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Getting your head around curation and Scoop.it!

In the course of my last couple of posts, a few people mentioned that they had no idea what Scoop.it! was nor what the term scooping or curating meant.

Just recently I came across these two great videos which are both informative and enjoyable! 

Firstly – curation.   Joyce Valenza is behind the creation of this wonderful musical parody – Curation, the musical – which explains all the pertinent details anyone would need to know about curation.  Without a doubt, it will bring a smile to your face as you listen!   But, in case you don’t catch all the words, read them here.   If however, you are after a lengthier explanation about curation,  you can’t go past the post Curation is the new search tool on Joyce Valenza’s blog ‘NeverendingSearch’

For a concise explanation of Scoop.it! the tool that seems to have taken curators by storm, have a look at this video which I found on the Scoop.it! blog.  Learning to use Scoop.it! won’t take you more than ten minutes, so have a go and see why people are getting hooked on this great new tool.

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