Joan O'Mara Lino On Line Bulletin Board (#1-1)

Wow! What a fun discovery and fun activity  for all of us.
I selected the online bulletin board "Lino".
 http://linoit.com/users/joanomara/canvases/Read%20Aloud


Discovery: What a great way to make use of technology to engage students. A quick response on a Post-it note in answer to a teacher question. The system is user friendly and quite colorful. I can see this as a follow-up to read alouds. Students will use their ipads to respond to a posted question about a book. As partners, they will discuss their response to the posed question and then post the reponse.

I like that I can go back to the student post-it and engage each student in a dialogue on the post-it. I demonstrated this aspect on the bulletin board. This also allows students to engage in dialogue as well.

Fun: I can see the engagement with the students. The post-it note element is not intimidating for any student. They can choose their favorite color from a choice of four and type their answer in a colorful font. From a phrase to a multiple sentence response completes the assignment at that center. From there, they will read other postings and make a brief, respectful comment on other students' post-its. The goal here is for agreement on the comment or to ask a friend for clarification about a comment made. And yes, disagreements are welcome as well.

I am intrigued.

The  technology standards related to this activity:

 First grade:
CC SL #2: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text real aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

• Use a document camera to project a book or online digital story

 Second  grade:
CC SL #2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

• Respond to a class discussion electronically (e.g., eInstruction, Qwizdom, Interwrite, Smartboards).