Check this out...What can Linoit do for me, Professionally and in the Classroom?
Linoit.com is a "new to me" site that I think has MAJOR potential for the classroom teacher as a way for integration into daily classroom happenings.
Basically, it is an online canvas which allows students to leave post-it notes on various topics chosen by the teacher. What is really nice about this site is students do not need to log in to it or have a username or password to participate. Think of this as the old standby of passing out yellow, blue, pink and green sticky notes to students asking them to place their responses on different continuums. Instead of the teacher having the bulletin board paper posted in the classroom, students participate in the same manner, but in an online environment. This allows students to Communicate, Collaborate and Collect; much of what is being asked with the Common Core Standards in Language Arts and Mathematics.
As a teacher, a classroom discussion could center around any unit of study. Here are a few of these different ideas:
- Healthy vs. Non-Healthy Lifestyles
- Introductions at the beginning of the year
- Streets through the Times
- Pot Luck Sign Ups
- Vocabulary Boards
- Math in Pictures-Geometry
- End of Year Reflections
- Research
- Student Presentations or Reports
- Professional Development
The ideas here are endless! I can see this added to a menu of ideas presented to students on how they collect evidence on a unit of study. This program has capabilities to add links, upload pdfs and documents, attach You-Tube, Vimeo, or Ustream videos and photos. If you are using it on an iOS device, then the video and photo capabilities are pretty cool! You could send a student on a search around the classroom to find and photograph or video examples of the topic you are studying and insert it into the canvas.
How to target students to make sure they are able to view your canvas?
Hyperlink the Linoit canvas by placing it on your classroom website or blog. Be sure to use a URL shortener, as the site produces a pretty long address. If you are an iOS user and most of your students use iPads or iPhones, be sure to check out Chirp! I go into more detail about Chirp on this page.
Overall, this site IS worth your time exploring whether you are a classroom teacher or an administrator. If you can think it, it will materialize! It's the 21st Century, right? Anything seems possible!
Overall, this site IS worth your time exploring whether you are a classroom teacher or an administrator. If you can think it, it will materialize! It's the 21st Century, right? Anything seems possible!
