Dudepins


 * =DudePins=

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Strengths:

 * Free to sign up and free to use
 * A large variety of categories to research
 * Dudepins connects to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google accounts
 * Created personalized recommendations
 * Creating an account is easy and fast
 * The user can select categories that interest them
 * Users can re-post, comment, or like an image or video
 * Password protected
 * Convenient "post up" button that allows users to post an image, video, or article while surfing the web

**Weaknesses:**
 * Age is not restricted
 * Many of the categories are not censored and are inappropriate for children
 * Comments on images and videos are not screened
 * The cancellation process requires the user to send an email with all of their information to dudepins.com before they will close an account
 * The blog forum is not censored
 * The majority of the information is geared towards males and excludes females

Opportunities:

 * Group projects
 * Writing assignments
 * Teacher led online discussions
 * Threats ** **:**

Dudepins authorizes the use of advertisements on their site and some of the content is inappropriate for students. Dudepins can access a student's Facebook and Twitter accounts which allows them to access personal information.


 * Ideas:**
 * Teachers and students could choose a topic on the Dudepins blog and post their critiques and thoughts about the subject.
 * Students could work in groups to select images relating to a particular topic and post the pictures to theDudepins board for later discussion.
 * The teacher could write a blog relating to a subject and the students would have to add at least one additional piece of information to the blog.