What is Post-it Plus?
The Post-it® Plus App allows you to capture notes, organize, share with everyone, and access from ANYWHERE! It is that easy!Capture multiple notes (up to 50 at a time)
- Combine groups
- Create digital notes
- Organize notes
- Share with others
- Work as a team
- Work on all devices
There are some great brainstorming and planning apps for smartphones (sticky notes, Padlet, Popplet) and a new app from the makers of Post-it Notes combines the traditional tool with a digital platform. Post-it Plus is a super cool app that lets users snap a picture of their post-it notes and the app will recognize each individual sticky – creating digital sticky notes. You can then move them around your screen and organize them into groups. It is a great way for kids to collect their stop-and-jots in one place whether they are using post-it notes in Reader’s Workshop or when conducting research for a writing project.
Classroom Ideas:
Try it as a replacement for card sorting activities when looking at the causes, effects, and responses to a geographical event. Students have a board with Post-It notes already added and then have to arrange the statements into the different categories. They can even divide these even further, for example arranging the causes group into human causes and physical causes. As an extension activity, students receive another source of information such as an article, website or video. They add any new findings as additional Post-It notes to their board.
This app is also a great tool to facilitate group work and carousels. One example could be when students are working in groups, with each researching a different topic. The group could record their findings on Post-It notes. Following on, as part of a carousel, groups could then rotate and capture the Post-It notes of each group and arrange them on a single board.
After scanning and saving the Post-Its, you can organize saved groups of Post-Its onto boards. From there you can opt to export your Post-Its to .pdf, PowerPoint, or Excel or upload to Google docs for further collaboration.
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Video on How to Sort With Post-It Plus
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You can even add colored squares with text to PowerPoint, Google Slides, or ActivInspire file and have students capture it with the app...Saving even more paper! 🙂
Open the Post-it Plus app and try to capture the "notes" below.
If you have any thoughts on the Post-It Plus App or if you are willing to share how you have been using it in your classroom, tag us on Twitter #kisdpd. We look forward to learning with you.
