Lino

**Lino iPad/iPod App**


 * Link to the App in the iTunes Store:**   @http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lino-online-stickies/id416718906?mt=8
 * Lino Handout in .pdf: [|Linoit App.pdf]**


 * Steps for Teachers to Use Lino:[[image:1-Lino-New_.png align="right"]]**
 * **Download the Linoit App:** @http://en.linoit.com/(or iTunes Linoit App)
 * **Open “Linoit”** on your mobile device.
 * Log into the site with a username & password (if using with students you will want to create a “generic” account)
 * Select a Canvas or **press the “new content/canvas icon”** in the upper right corner
 * The app seems to work best if **placed in the horizontal orientation.** Switch orientation of your iPad if necessary.
 * **To create a new canvas,**click the new content icon in the upper right corner
 * Name the canvas
 * Select a background
 * Select the access (who can view): private, show to everyone, everyone can post
 * Select the details: show on dock, create sticky via email, RSS (I generally only select the “show on dock” option)
 * A blank canvas will appear. **Press the new content icon in the upper right corner to add a sticky note** with text, a picture from the photo library or a snapshot from the camera.[[image:2-Lino-sticky.png width="458" height="190" align="right"]]
 * **Add a sticky note** (you can add a tag, change the font, add an emoticon, task or change the color using the icons at the bottom. You must **press the SAVE button in the top right corner to add your sticky note to the board.**


 * Nebraska Language Arts Standards:**
 * Note: This activity was designed for kindergarten or first grade, but could easily be modified for other grade levels.
 * LA 0.1.1 Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
 * LA 0.1.1.e Identify parts of a book (e.g. cover, page, title, author, illustrator)


 * Lesson Idea Procedure[[image:3-lino-sample.png width="371" height="391" align="right"]]**
 * Students will use their iPads to **label the parts of a book.**
 * **Older Students Option:** Have students use a book and add sticky notes with pictures (they use the camera option with the new content icon) and text labels for the following: cover, page, title, author, illustrator.
 * **Younger Students Option:** Have students open a canvas that the teacher created and drag the sticky notes to the correct pictures and label the following: cover, page, title, author, illustrator.

Now that you have completed this activity, brain storm other ways that you might use Linoit in the curriculum. Here are a few: order of operations for math, online word wall for new vocabulary, brainstorming ideas for a writing project, putting a story together in the correct order.....
 * Follow-up:**

“How could you adapt this activity to work with your students?”