Action Plan: Lino as a curation tool

Megan had introduced me to Lino about a month ago and I felt like the tool had a lot of potential, but wasn't sure how I would apply it. I wanted to make sure that when I used it that the tool matched my purpose. This week I had a unique situation arise where I had a class that wanted to take part in an essay contest that we had entered into in the past, but was no longer part of our curriculum. This essay contest used to take up many weeks of our curriculum and unfortunately we don't have that time to commit this year, so I needed to find a more efficient way of organizing and curating our information from multiple resources. I typically use Easybib for note-taking which is useful, but I wanted the students to be able to store videos, images, notes, all in one place in a quicker more efficient way. So, with the help of Megan we started digging into the nitty gritty of the tool and we were both amazed by the potential this tool offered. So, I set up an action plan to implement it in 5th grade.

I. Start with just one thing: en.linoit.com

II. Let the task drive the decision: I wanted student to be able to curate all of their information from a variety of resources and store them in one place. I wanted to teach the students how to make searching more efficient by adding a lino bookmarklet. The bookmarklet allows them to highlight information on a resource and add it to their notecard in lino. It even attaches a URL for the site once the information has been obtained.

III. Act more, and Analyze Less: I could have spent time worrying that this tool might fail and then we would be set back days (which we don't have). Instead I just decided to drive forward because I want students to have that toolbox of resources to use and although this tool might not be a perfect fit for everyone in the class at least now they are provided with another option to choose from.

Wish me luck!