Post-It Plus

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:

We love the idea of exit tickets and especially digital exit tickets. We think having students quickly reflect on what they learned and giving instant feedback is a powerful tool in the classroom. However, the reality of exit tickets can sometimes make their implementation cumbersome. In addition, we are not 1:1 so having students use digital exit tickets sharing devices is cumbersome. Here is an idea of how to use any type of post-its and a free app on your smartphone for painless and easy digital exit tickets. You can use the free Post-It Plus app on your iPhone or iPad to take a picture/scan of the post-its and save them. You can use this free app to save post-its you have collected on anchor charts or brainstorms as well.

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.

Post-It Plus in a Geometry Classroom

Vocabulary Match

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.

Additional Resources:

Tools for Teaching: The Amazing Sticky Note

Four Really Cool Ways Teachers Use Post-It Notes in the Classroom

Digitize Exit Tickets with a Free App

The Post-It App for Enhancing Learning

Click here for a Handout on How to use Post-It Plus!