Padlet and LinoIT

Overview
Padlet  and LinoIt are wonderful Internet applications that allow users to express their thoughts on a common topic easily.
They work like an online sheet of paper or cork board where users can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, from any device, working alone, or in collaboration with others.

LinoIt

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How to Use Lino-IT

Padlet

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Padlet in Action

Here are some examples of different ways Padlet can be used by students and teachers
  • This example showcases how Padlet can be used during a professional development session.
  • This example showcases how Padlet can be used to gather thoughts/ideas/reflections.
  • This example showcases how Padlet can be used as part of a vocabulary lesson with students.
  • This example and this example showcase how Padlet can be used in a math classroom.
  • This example showcases how Padlet can be used as a resource sharing wall.
Additional Resources
  • "Padlet: A Blank Slate to Collaborate with Others" --> Click here to read this terrific write-up on Padlet
  • "32 Interesting Ways to use Padlet in the Classroom" --> Click here to view this great presentation by Tom Barrett
  • "105 Classroom Ideas" --> Click here to view this terrific list of integration ideas.
  • "Padlet" --> Click here to view a write-up by Teachinghistory.org. This write-up includes great integration ideas for social studies teachers.

Ideas for Using LinoIt and Padlet in the Classroom

  1. Brainstorming a concept… 
  2. KWL… 
  3. Classifying objects in a lesson… 
  4. Comparing and contrasting an idea (colors or sides of page)…
  5. Image sharing
  6. Word wall: sight words, parts of speech, theme or topic words, technical words /definitions
  7. Class excursions: plan, feedback, reflections
  8. Mind mapping
  9. Sharing and building a web link collection… 
  10. Developing a character in a novel…
  11. Listing properties of traits… 
  12. Setting up a group project (Do not use full names)… 
  13. Posting a nightly question looking for feedback from home… 
  14. Picture sharing wall on a subject or area… 
  15. A wall of questions that students may have… 
  16. A project or assignment board… 
  17. Get feedback from students or the world (Posting a Board URL on Twitter can get feedback from many people)… 
  18. Reviews of a book… 
  19. Feedback on Peer Presentations (Note rules of naming and digital citizenship)… 
  20. Suggestion Box… 
  21. A Resource Wall for a unit of study… 
  22. Vocabulary Lists (could even have students add pictures)… 
  23. Pros and cons of a subjects or idea… 
  24. Quiz and test question prompts… 
  25. Student project posting… 
  26. Essential or Driving Question posting with reflection allowed… 
  27. Socratic Seminar points… 
  28. Calendar for project with posted reminders… 
  29. Web Quest board… 
  30. Student theme based board… 
  31. Story and sentence starters… 
  32. Grammar/Vocab correction boards (Teacher posts incorrect and students post corrections)… 
  33. Board of debate stances on a certain topic… 
  34. Pictures posted to provoke thought… 
  35. Entry board for Project Based Learning… 
  36. Community connection board for project… 
  37. Story builder with sequence of pictures… 
  38. Website review… 
  39. Data collection board… 
  40. Field trip posts from mobile devices 
  41. Assignments for a differentiated classroom by group or task… 
  42. Focus on writing short to the point sentences (Since stickies have a character limit)… 
  43. Collaborative note taking… 
  44. Short poems and even include pictures… 
  45. Student organizer… 
  46. A collaborative story… 
  47. Student postings of  concepts and vocabulary not understood… 
  48. Listings in categories of parts or speech and word types such as synonyms… 
  49. Listing of phrases such as idioms 
  50. Links to student work… 
  51. Links to resources… 
  52. A student multimedia project posted on a board using links, pictures, videos… 48. Movable stickies (rank order, match, timeline)… 
  53. Vocab wall for a topic.......
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Student Example of Lino-IT

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Task- Students at BBC were allocated a group LinoIt board via a link and a coloured post it note. Students brainstormed words that described winter and indicated the number of syllables in each word. Students used the board to write a haiku poem.



More ideas for use:
  • Year 11 Biology: use this web based tool as a `vision board’ to capture ideas /concepts such as food webs
  • Year 9   Reflection on excursion to Art Galllery /Outdoor education camp
  • Year 8   History teacher: how life is different now /from early settlers
  • Year 5:  Adaptations of animals to enable them survive in their environment
  • Year 3: Identify, compare and contrast picture of olden day classroom and our modern classrooms
  • Year 2   English: adjectives to describe the giant in Jack and the beanstalk
  • Year 1: Phonics /Word wall for focus double letter digraph