This semester my history of childbirth students opted not to use Omeka and instead to use Pinterest. I like the reach of pinterest so I agree, provided they still learned how to dublin core metadata. I have an excellent library technologist to work with, Ashley Lierman, who conducted not one but TWO sessions with the students, before and after their initial attempts.
Students did pretty well, particularly considering how cludgy pinterest is (really NO way to order pins?)
Assignment today, go on to Pinterest and find three items related to childbirth. Think about what kind of metadata could be associated with these items on Pinterest. Fill out the areas on the controlled vocabulary slide from Ashley.
Students did pretty well, particularly considering how cludgy pinterest is (really NO way to order pins?)
After we completed the readings for the semester, we designed a final that required students to
1. pick 5 screen captured images from a childbirth reality show
2. write about 500 words analyzing each image in terms of the "Ps" laid out in our reading (place, power, privilege, participation, peacefulness) and selected at least one quote from the readings to accompany each image
3. create a board ideally annotating the image using the quote (limited by the 500 character maximum on pinterest)
Things I plan to do next go around include drawing greater comparisons between wikipedia (which students also edited in this class) and pinterest including gendered platforms, image v text based, information v consumption.
I needed to cover copyright in more detail. Many GLAM institutions are on Pinterest and Getty Images has cut a deal with them, but still students need to be more aware of copyright infringement.
Pinterest just opened it up its API and added mapping functions which I think may create even more interesting pedagogical options.
However, I was extremely pleased with how the assignment went in terms of helping students to understand how historical narratives are crafted.
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