Sticky Note Brainstorming with Google Slides

As teachers, many of us are (dare we admit it) addicted to sticky notes. The uses are endless and rarely a day goes by without recording something on sticky notes.

Matt Miller gets it . . . "autumn has arrived and your desk is covered with sticky notes like leaves falling from the trees? You have sticky notes on your monitor, on your computer, on the filing cabinet, on your desk …"  ​
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As a teacher, and writer, the only issue with using sticky notes is that my piles of organized sticky notes are great in the moment, but they do not transfer or travel well. 

Enter Matt Miller to save the day! Matt Miller, my new go-to for using technology for student engagement, is back at it with brainstorming help. ​​

Read Matt's post on "Google Slides sticky note brainstorming: Powerful planning." His post includes a link to his FREE Sticky Note template.

Enjoy, and get creative!

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Sample slide for personal brainstorming.

Sample slide with sticky notes used for student reflection, with an option sticky for teacher feedback.

UPDATE . . .

After using the reflection document for one week with our 8th Language Arts students, we made a few tweaks to add features and reflections that were requested by the students. We were expecting  major battle getting them to reflect, but they actually enjoy this! Don't get me wrong, it took about 3 days of direct instruction and full-class modeling and collaboration, but the quality is starting to show and the results on their learning are already present.

Student sample with updated sticky notes from student feedback.

We worked with the students daily to get their feedback on the ease of use and functionality for their learning. We did end up tweaking a few of the sticky notes to better guide students to reflect deeply about their learning. Currently we are using the following sticky notes:

FREEBIES!!!

In the words of Super Educator Joe Marquez, "What we create for our classrooms does not belong to us, it belongs to education!" In his spirit, here are copies of the Sticky Note Reflection Docs we are currently using.

Close-the-Loop Reflection Document

Close-the-Loop Reflection Frames