Tools for Teaching: The Amazing Sticky Note | Edutopia
Click on the link above to read an interesting article/blog post about the undervalued, everyday common sticky note and how it is used in teaching. There is also a short video to watch. Below is a brief list to give you a taste of the article.
Some of the ways I've seen sticky notes used in classrooms:
•When reading difficult passages from technical texts, I have seen teachers encourage students to summarize what is being stated on a sticky note and then place the note in the margin so it sticks out a bit to make it easy to find in the future
•Students use sticky notes to organize their folders, study cards and notepapers
•Students storyboard their writing with sticky notes so they can be moved around. This matches the idea that not all of us think sequentially, and allows students to take advantage of ideas spawned out of order
•Some students (particularly boys for some reason) when they get a pad of sticky notes seem to always want to draw the antics of stick men on the bottom of each one so that when they flip the pages, it appears that the stick men are moving. This actually requires planning and higher order thinking
•Students comment on other student papers or work and give suggestions for improvement and compliments on sticky notes
•Students sticky notes to identify things in the classroom, label items in a target language, or categorize items by type
•Gallery walks in which students analyze poetry, quotes or philosophies by placing their responses on sticky notes
•Teachers use colored sticky notes as disciplinary measures, green notes being exemplary behavior, and red ones warning of impending discipline if behavior doesn't change
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