Paved Paradise....and Put Up A Virtual Parking Lot

A parking lot in the classroom? How absurd....(a classroom in the parking lot--maybe)...but in 'edu-speak', a parking lot is simply a place where students can post sticky notes for later review and reflection. As the lesson proceeds, students can write their questions, comments and ideas on a sticky note and post it in the 'parking lot'--the white board, a piece of chart paper or simply the wall.

But at the end of the day, after they leave the room, what happens if a student thinks of a question/comment that they would like to add?

As always, there is a digital solution!!

The Virtual Parking Lot

Linoit is  a free service of sticky notes and canvas for everyone to see and to use. All you need is a web browser.

It IS that simple.

Create a free login. Start a new canvas. Post some sticky notes. And then Share.

Or don't.

Keep some canvases as your personal 'parking lot' and create others for your class.

Here are some ideas on how/when to use Linoit in your classroom:

1. Exit Cards
2. Theme sorting
3. Post a video in the centre of your canvas. Watch it in class. Ask students to post their responses/questions on the canvas as you watch.
4. Summative Project display board--could be used in a similar fashion to Glogster (which is no longer free for education)
5. Concept Attainment Activities.


Did I mention there is also an iPhone/iPad app?

 

And, well, we all like to watch videos right?