Learnist

http://learni.st/
Learnist is like Pinterest for education.

Here's a brief overview from teacher blogger Hauna Zaich on Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/learnist-in-the-classroom-hauna-zaich


A Pinterest-Like Tool for Educators

This summer I discovered the website Learnist. It's like a Pinterest for education, as it allows users to collect web resources and add them to "Learnboards" to educate an audience about a particular subject. (Here’s an in-depth summary from Grockit, the company behind Learnist.) Once I created my account, I was hooked. Learnist became a great way for me to organize my collection of websites and online resources, and I found that the Learnist bookmarklet -- which allows users to add a URL without traveling back to the site -- made developing my Learnboards effortless.

I gathered infographics for my mass media unit, study guides for documentaries, articles to demonstrate themes from 1984, and TED Talks to model speaking skills to sixth graders. By using the re-add function, I even drew from the robust educational resources shared by other professionals who use Learnist.

Now, I hope to start uploading my own curriculum in order to inspire and support others in the teaching community and fully represent the depth of my units. Learnist lets me share resources technologically, freely and easily. And it enables me to represent myself as a lifelong learner to my peers and to my students.