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www.Padlet.com

Padlet, formerly Wallwisher, is an ideal tool for educators to use in a variety of instructional ways. Padlet is a web based and does not require any software. The interface is incredibly user friendly. On a Padlet "wall" you can EASILY add notes, text, images, videos, drawings, upload files and more with a variety of layout and privacy settings. Padlet walls can be shared, saved, copied, embedded and/or exported depending on your needs. Go to www.Padlet.com to sign up for a free account. Padlet also offers premium accounts with additional features for schools.

Steps for Creating a Padlet

POSTING ON YOUR PADLET WALL

10 Ideas for Using Padlet in the Classroom:

1. As a backchannel for students to post comments and feedback on what they are learning.

2. Brainstorming tool, create a wall for a whole class to collect and share ideas for a prompt or topic.

3. Student portfolios of their best work.

4. Students share book reviews on books they have read from class or school library.

5. Create a classroom wall to share with parents and keep them informed of class activities and information.

6. Provide supplemental instructional materials for students on a given concept or unit (i.e. providing background knowledge, supplemental aids, organizing materials for unit, etc).

7. Create walls for major cultural events or concepts covered in the course.

8. Group discussions or debates.

9. Students can share reflections or ask questions.

10. Vocabulary or word of the day

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Padlet in the Classroom - A Guide For Educators by Catherine Wilson | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for individual educators, schools and districts

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Ways to use padlet in the classroom.

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The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM

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Dyan Branstetter | August 2016
A few weeks ago, I shared a list of my current "top five" of free or low-cost technology tools that I use in my classroom for Arts-Integration or STEAM lessons. Throughout the fall, I will focus on ideas for using each classroom tool like Padlet in the classroom. Find the original list here.
If you haven't heard of in the classroom and you're looking to add more technology to your classroom, this is a great way to start. First of all, it allows students (or teachers) to collaborate. Think of it as a large bulletin board. Anyone with the link can place a post-it on the bulletin board. The post-it note can include a note, a picture, a video, or a website. I've used Padlet for teacher book studies and anything that I want students to collaborate on.

Secondly, it is SIMPLE to create and does not require many devices. It is so simple, in fact, that you can create one on the fly in response to a lesson that changes direction mid-class. Not even close to a 1:1 classroom? Leave a the Padlet open on a classroom computer and allow students to type their answer during independent work time, station time, or during transitions.

1. Getting to know your "audience"

Create a Padlet in the classroom for students (or faculty) to get to know one another. This could also be useful at a back-to-school night. Ask students to post a note with their name and something they did over the summer or something they are looking forward to learning during the upcoming school year. At a back to school night or open house, it could be part of a scavenger hunt. Leave the Padlet projected for all to see, and have families post their name and a picture of themselves.

2. Formative Assessment

After teaching a lesson, post a "ticket out the door" question to find what students learned that day. You can post a big question, such as your lesson's essential question, or a specific question to determine who has met an exact objective. This is a great time to figure out what students' perceive to be the important points about their learning, and it also highlights the misconceptions. (I don't typically project these Padlets because sometimes students are sensitive of their work when it is new learning. It is best to generate a culture in the classroom that celebrates mistakes so that students see them as the very best way to learn and grow.)

3. Collaborative Research

Padlet can be a great classroom tool for small groups of students participating in collaborative research. To help organize the board, students can post driving questions about their topic, and as they find answers (or more questions) during the research process, they can post them under each driving question. Students can also post links, video clips, and images, making it more effective than traditional notecards.

4. Book Studies and Discussion Points

Padlet is an incredibly useful discussion board for discussion. Whether it is a student-run literature circle or reciprocal teaching groups, or a staff development book study, Padlet is an effective classroom tool. The leader posts a question about the chapter, and participants respond to that question. Students can have literature discussions even when the classroom needs to be quiet, or in the evening from their own homes. Teachers can prepare for professional development book studies by posting thoughts from a chapter prior to meeting in person, which helps the leader of the book study better prepare for the focus of the next session.

5. Student Sharing

Provide students with an opportunity to share their work without taking the instructional time to share one at a time in front of the room. (Presenting has definite value, but realistically there just isn't enough time to do this for everything students create.) Allow students to take a picture of what they are working on and post it to a Padlet you've set up for them. Have other class members view the posted items, and respond below it by sharing a "Praise" and a "Polish"- one thing they love, and one thing they would have done differently. A reminder to train students about writing effective comments, both positive and constructive, and to teach students how to use those comments once they are received. You could organize this by setting up a Padlet for each project/piece students create, or you could set up a Padlet for each student to post their creations throughout the year.
Have you used Padlet in the classroom? How have you used it effectively?

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5 Ideas For Using Padlet in the Classroom

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Dyan Branstetter | August 2016 A few weeks ago, I shared a list of my current "top five" of free or low-cost technology tools that I use in my classroom for Arts-Integration or STEAM lessons. Throughout the fall, I will focus on ideas for using each classroom tool like Padlet in the classroom.

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This summer I was introduced to a new form of technology called Padlet . Basically, it is a bulletin board that the students can post on to record their thoughts on any matter of subject. They can add pictures or website links as well. After using this myself, with a group of teachers, I knew that my fifth graders would LOVE to us the forum as well.

So once a week, for a total of 15 minutes, I have been doing what I call "Book Brag Padlet".

I give my students the Padlet link and access password, and they are faced with a blank bulletin board. At the top, I have a reading response prompt. So far, I have done three with my class. The first was a regular "brag". The students had to tell me about their book and convince me to read it. The second one asked the students to discuss the setting of their book (since we are using the lessons right now, it fit perfectly) and the last was to tell me an "Aha Moment" in their story as well (since all of my kids, coincidentally, are reading fiction books....AND we are using the Notice and Note strategies)

What I love about this is that the kids are so invested in using the platform. They are just pulled in. They really like seeing each other typing at the same time and reading about each other's books. They are learning about not just their own setting, but the setting in 33 other books. I also love that I can instantly tell if someone is reading or not. They are writing "on the spot" and that is very hard to do if you have nothing to write about because you aren't reading anything.

I have also used Padlet as a sort of group brainstorm outlet. When introducing my students to the idea of European exploration of the new world, I showed each group a painting that captures the moment when the Spanish met the Native Americans for the first time. I wanted them to write down all of the things they saw going on in the painting....the emotion, the body language.....so I had them create a Padlet with only the members in their group. Then, instead of just one person writing and everyone else sort of sitting back, each group member could be writing down their own ideas while still discussing with their group mates. More people were actively involved than the traditional paper and pencil activity.

To set up the group Padlets, I simply set up 6 individual Padlets through my account. I then created 6 assignments, with the links to each individual Padlet, in Google Classroom. I told each group their number, and that is the assignment they clicked on in Google Classroom.

All in all, I am so excited about this new form of technology I am using. I know there are SO many more ways it can be used in class. I have only hit the tip of the iceberg.

Have you used Padlet before? How do you implement it with your students?

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This summer I was introduced to a new form of technology called Padlet . Basically, it is a bulletin board that the students can post on to record their thoughts on any matter of subject. They can add pictures or website links as well.

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A Padlet all about Seesaw.

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Integrating Technology in the Classroom Using Padlet - Minds in Bloom

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Minds in Bloom is happy to present Brittany Washburn, a teacher-author and Science Specialist for grades 2-5 with her post on using Padlet. Enjoy! Integrating technology in the elementary classroom has become expected, but it certainly doesn't have to be difficult.

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32 Interesting Ways to Use Padlet in the Classroom  (Recuperado)

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Using padlet to review concepts.

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Time to get APPy friends! Today I am sharing a technology tool that is not quite an app. However, you can press the sharrow and add to home screen to create an app for it.

The tool of choice is called, PADLET. Think of an online bulletin board. Instead of students posting sticky notes on a wall, they can post on a virtual wall.

At this time, my students are writing expository pieces. I wanted to make sure the kids truly understood what an expository piece was. The class was asked to post what they wanted their topic to be, and after the OK from me, they could begin. This was great for the kids that didn't understand because it allowed me to provide a refresher for them.

This Padlet asked a STAAR-based question from a former STAAR passage. Kids input their responses as if it were an open-ended question. We then analyzed our answers with the answer choices provided.

Teaching grammar? Grammar lessons can tie in very nicely with a Padlet.

You could integrate this into a KWL chart for not just grammar, but famous people in social studies, science concepts, and much more.

We recently ended out geometry unit, and this is an example from a Padlet the class completed.

I had various QR codes around the room that scanned to different shapes (plane and solid).

Kids searched on KidRex to find images that were real life examples of shapes.

Clicking the wheel at the bottom takes you to the settings.

From here, you can add your title, pose a question, and change the icons and wallpaper.

There is also an option to change the layout. Free-form means the kids can drag their response anywhere on the page. If you would like it more structured, you can change that as well.

What makes Padlet so easy, is that is it easily shareable! Click the rectangle with an arrow to open up the various ways to push the information out. If it is just one Padlet that we are completing, I like to save time by CHIRPING out or airdropping the link.

If you plan on using this as a center, I recommend using the already generated QR code and placing it on a piece of paper (or on your document camera). Kids can create at their own pace.

That's it my friends! I hope you are enjoying the #technologytidbits that I have been sharing with you.

If you use Padlet, how have you found it to work in your classroom?

Amber is a passionate 3rd grade 1:1 iPad teacher who loves creating resources to fit her students needs and finding ways to keep her classroom digitally savvy.

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Time to get APPy friends! Today I am sharing a technology tool that is not quite an app. However, you can press the sharrow and add to home screen to create an app for it. The tool of choice is called, PADLET. Think of an online bulletin board.