Many times in classrooms students and teachers are utilizing sticky notes and a big piece of paper or an open wall to collaborate. Sometimes these are brainstorming activities. Sometimes it might be to categorize or sort. And sometimes it might be to have students share their thoughts (on a piece of writing, a problem, etc.).
Sticky notes can also used during many different parts of a lesson: do-it-now, bell ringer, exit ticket, group work, independent work, and more.
Linoit allows the user to recreate much of that experience online.
With Linoit, teachers (and students) can create a board and allow others to post sticky notes to that board. There are a number of features within Linoit that I think are really helpful:
- Boards can be made private (only those invited) or they can be public (just share the link)
- Many different color sticky notes
- Users can insert images
- Users can insert videos
- Users can insert links
- Notes can be moved around the board
- iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, Android app available
- The tool is free
Registration for Linoit is free and you can have a board up and going in a matter of minutes. Just go to en.linoit.com, click sign up in the upper right hand corner (or give it a try first without signing up) enter a username, password and email, and start creating!
