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Padlet is a virtual bulletin board that allows users to "pin" post-it notes with text, images, and links to webpages. It has become an integral part of how my students and I share information and ideas with each other and with the larger community outside of our classroom. Why I love padlet:
3) My students do not need to sign up for an account to be able to post information, links and images. All they need is a link from me. 4) My students can get an account of their own if they want to, but they don't need one to use it. 5) It's so easy to use! Simply double click on the background to open up a text box, then start typing. 6) Padlet looks great! I love that text boxes can be arranged in a free form style, or flow down the page. 7) Most importantly, multiple people can type on the bulletin board at the same time. It makes for great collaboration potential, whether students are in the same room with each other or halfway around the wordl!
My students and I have used Padlet in the classroom in many different ways. Here I have tried to describe the top 10 ways we have used it. Feel free to add more ways in the comments section:
10 uses of Padlet in the History classroom
1) Taking collective notes. Often I will have students compile notes from their readings. Creating a bulletin board (or Wall) of collective notes is a great way for students to share important facts, questions or commentary that they got out of a reading. I have found that sometimes, the most important part of the "notes" are the questions that students have or ideas for further inquiry. Those questions often become the jumping off point for class discussions. Even more importantly, these bulletin boards remain available for the entire year so that students can continue to add to them, and use them to review. http://padlet.com/wall/69ecdueljt

2) Group inquiry, followed by sharing, explanations of findings. Here is a wall that the class did on habeus corpus issues during the Civil War. An essential question on this issue was whether or not Lincoln violated the Constitution by suspending habeas corpus . Interestingly, more students believed that Lincoln did violate the Constitution than those who believed he did not. http://padlet.com/wall/cgmhuk7wgr

3) Monitoring progress on long-term projects: The World Historical Leaders Challenge, or AKA "History Madness." Some projects involve students posting information for everyone to observe and evaluate. In the History Madness project, students chose world leaders to post information about in preparation for debates. World Leaders were voted for (or against) based on the information posted on the wall, and the performance of each student in their respective debates. This challenge's progress was recorded on the Wall: http://padlet.com/wall/g4jie2ro4u

4) Investigating, analyzing primary source documents, recording findings . This example demonstrates the work that several groups did while attempting to deal with an essential question, "Did compromise lead to war (The Civil War)?" Groups were assigned several readings and primary source documents, then had to post their findings, in addition to answers to several questions/issues. http://padlet.com/wall/cp1guxrjvm

5) Point of View exercise: The Chinese Exclusion Act. In learning about what perpetuated the passing of this act, and in understanding who was targeted, I assigned different groups different primary source documents to analyze then post comments about. Posting comments on each document is valuable for the whole class-students can revisit those documents and sources that they were not responsible for. Again, posting this information provides the whole class with a record of this information. As an introduction, as you can see, I posted an Animoto video of the Chinese Exclusion Act in general, for students to watch before they got to work. http://padlet.com/wall/wpfnm6pyfc

6) Persuasive speeches, All-class debates. Another great way to use the Wall is so that sutdents can have a visual record of where their classmates stand on certain issues. In one exercise in the 6th grade, we were discussing whether the Pharaoh or an American President had a harder job as leader (thus leading to our pharaoh vs president debate). We originally used the Wall so that each students could list at least 5 of their strongest arguments in favor of their point of view, and so there would be a record of their strongest arguments. Then we decided to use it as a visual record of where the class, as a whole, stood on the issue. This is a great way to be able to "see" where the class stands on issues. http://padlet.com/wall/2726gxhpay

7) Collecting poetry, especially Haiku. Although I no longer have the Wall for this exercise, I did create a Haiku wall for a literature elective. The great thing about Padlet is that images can be uploaded to a post-it to accompany text. Our Haiku wall was decorated with appropriate images to complement each creative Haiku.

8) Photography elective showcase of photos. This is a wall that I have yet to create, although I have been thinking about creating one for some time. I am going to try it at my first opportunity. The wall will be a fantastic place to collect digital images, photographs or electronic art that I would like to do in an elective some day. It provides a convenient and unique way to showcase the talented artists in my classes. Furthermore, it's so easy to share with parents, colleagues and other classes so they can see the talented artwork, as well.

9) Display class projects virtually. in this one, but I have also used the wall for brainstorming information for research papers. I offer my students the opportunity to pick their own research topics. They post initial ideas for theses, and some essential facts and bibliographical information, along with links for further research. The whole class can keep tabs on what everyone else is doing, while at the same time, getting ideas for how to progress in their own work. I like this exercise since I want all my students to be familiar with what everyone else is working on. That is not possible when the class hears a research project for the first time at the end-stage presentation.

10) Electronic resume or biography. Sometimes, in order to understand historical figures better, or to understand issues, I will have my students create a resume or biography of certain individuals. It's great to be able to collect all of them on one wall for further reference throughout the year.

Please add to the list if you have any other great projects. This is just the tip of the iceberg of how we use Padlet in our class. I will be posting more as the year begins.

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Overview

For those not yet familiar with Padlet, it's an extremely versatile tool that is probably best described as a digital 'post-it' board. It's being used by many educators and organizations as a tool to share and visualize any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text), together with anyone, from any device.

A Quick Look

Logging in

The first thing you will see when heading to padlet.com is the option to 'create something' or sign up for an account. I suggest diving straight in and start creating. If you find yourself really liking the tool, you can choose to create an account later on using email, Google or Facebook.

The Wall

Padlet is all about creating walls for you and your students to collaborate on. Walls are simply the virtual space where you can post images, videos, documents and text. Think of it as a digital version of the corkboard where your would pin up notes and flyers.

How Mrs. McGee is using Padlet

The below video is a quick introduction and overview of Padlet from teacher Theresa McGee.

Have a play!

Once a wall has been created it can be linked in email, blogs or social media. It can even be embedded directly into a blog or web page, as we have done below. Click around and have a play!

Security and Privacy

One aspect of Padlet that you will want to get right before using it with students is the privacy and wall visibility settings. Padlet gives the below options for limiting access to your wall:

Private - Only you and people you add by email can access the wall

Password Protected - Visitors will be required to enter a password to access the wall

Hidden Link - The wall will have a public link that anyone can access, but the link will be hidden from Google and public areas of Padlet

Totally Public - The wall will be completely public. It can show up in Google searches and can be featured by Padlet on the homepage

In Practice

1. A Padlet brainstorm

With the Padlet wall accessible to all members of your class, it can provide an excellent virtual space to share and critique ideas. Whether you are collecting resources for a project or discussing the pros and cons of a certain decision, the wall can provide a transparent or anonymous space (depending on how you want to set it up) for your students to discuss and share their thoughts.

2. Put your wall on the wall

One of my favorite ways to use Padlet and involve the whole class is to project the Padlet wall up at the front of the room. This has a really interactive feel and promotes discussion as students use their own devices to add notes to the wall in realtime. Try doing this as an engaging way to kick off a new classroom topic, or take a 'flipped' approach and ask your students to contribute to a wall for homework and discuss as a group the next day.

3. Peer assessment

To take advantage of the collaborative nature of Padlet and the simplicity of sharing, have your students review and provide feedback on the work of their peers. Both the process of providing and receiving feedback are great skills to develop and encourage with your class. Depending on how comfortable you are with student provided feedback, you may want to enable moderation of posts to ensure no innapropriate comments are shared.

4. Take your wall outside

Just because your class created the Padlet wall doesn't mean they are the only one who can use it. Share your wall with another class or grade level and have them contribute. Take it a step further and try sharing your wall with an entirely different school in an entirely different country. It's extremely rewarding to arrive into school and find messages from the other side of the world waiting. I have even seen Padlet used as a wonderfully visual way to share classroom activities with parents and the school community.

5. Staff idea sharing

Padlet walls don't have to be just for your students either. Try setting up a Padlet space for your staff to share resources. Share ideas that you find inspirational. Share tools that you find useful. Share videos that you find funny! You can even share anonymously. Padlet has even been used successfully as a real life ' suggestion box '.

Links and Next Steps

What other uses have you found for using Padlet with your students? Share your ideas in the comments below.
Feature image adapted from image courtesy of Flickr, visualpanic.

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Super Easy Class Collaboration Using Padlet

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For those not yet familiar with Padlet, it's an extremely versatile tool that is probably best described as a digital 'post-it' board. It's being used by many educators and organizations as a tool to share and visualize any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text), together with anyone, from any device.

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- Giving out projects
- Classroom's tasks
- Homework
- Gather feedback
- For making suggestions