Table 3 Peer-to-peer Pinterest sharing typologies (n = 91)

The Team Player

11

Active sharing of Pinterest items with teammates and colleagues

Yes [I share]. I am friends with a few teachers on my grade-level team and we share pins and ideas that benefit the both of us because we teach the same curriculum

Virtual Team Player

4

Intentional virtual sharing with offline, school-based colleagues

We send pins to each other all the time! This makes it easier than trying to explain the pin later

Face-to-Face Team Player

9

Intentional sharing of Pinterest items in face-to-face environments, such as team meetings

We all share ideas in team meetings

The Constrained Colleague

7

Willing to share Pinterest items but unable to because of extenuating circumstances

No [I do not share]. My administration considers it ‘social media.’

The Conscripted Colleague

4

Commissioned to share with others through a course assignment or administrative request

Yes, once to share the technology websites as our department’s Tech Lead

The Archivist

Uses Pinterest primarily for themselves, but acknowledges the openness of the medium

Limited to Friends

4

Used Pinterest to create personal, private boards that could only be seen by themselves and their friends

I don’t share them [my boards and pins] specifically. However, I know that other teachers follow my Pinterest

Open Curator

9

Viewed Pinterest as a public domain in which sharing could occur, but it was not their primary purpose for use

My education pinboards are public and can be viewed by others

The Personal Pinner

Uses Pinterest for their own purposes

Strictly Personal

38

Explicit statement of not sharing resources cultivated on Pinterest

No [I don’t share]. I just use them to categorise my own ideas

The Filer

5

Pinterest was used as a place to categorise ideas

[I use Pinterest] as a dumping ground to look back at when in need of some ideas