Over the past year or so I've been using Pinterest to plan my classes and to gather and share things that I find interesting for my classes and for my research -- as well as to collaborate with students in class prep. At the beginning of this semester, however, I came across Springpad. I see it as a kind of bridge between Evernote (which is less visual than Springpad) and Pinterest (which is less functional).
I like Springpad because I can add bookmarks, books, films, etc, and it recognizes what I am adding. Like Evernote or Pinterest I can add collaborators, but Springpad caps me at 25 collaborators per notebook. That's a problem because I regularly want to share a notebook for all of my students. All of this is making me consider going back to Pinterest for this. I suppose that's what I will probably do in the short run. I want my students to be able to collaborate.
Too bad. Springpad really had me going for a bit. I'll probably revisit it in the future.
Here is a link to a great blog post about using Springpad in the classroom.