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We live in a time where everything is accessible on the World Wide web, right? Its an all in one deal, who knew that by the year 2021 we could go shopping online, not have to go to the cinema physically to see a movie, get books and see parts of the world without stepping foot on a plane?

We learn everyday and about everything. So quite obviously, we can use this data bank call the internet to do so as well. Padlet is one of those web applications that helps in doing so. As it relates to history, the times are moving super fast and with technological advancement in full force, we have to take a second to keep record of it all. With the use of Digital history; an approach to examine and represent past works with new communication technology, we as students of life get the chance to learn and interpret our history and others as well.

The advantages, i must say are quite amazing. Firstly, Padlet as a platform to teach history has made the course much more creative and entertaining. It allows for a free way of thinking with our peers; cant beat that. Padlet is also FREE; yes i said free and so great amounts of people,not just students can use this to learn and encourage critical thinking in a historical.

That's not all, Padlet is a good forum for student to share thoughts on historical events and the impact they've had on present day society in addition to this,we're exposed to many other perspectives that invoke mind expanding thoughts. Lastly, Padlet makes history or at least my class more personal, especially with the lack of interaction due to the pandemic.

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Padlet is a free online tool that can be used for educational purposes in a classroom type setting by both teachers and students. Its an easy access and interactive digital tool that allows teachers to share information and students to reflect or to comment on the same. History as a subject tends to be referred to as boring, so with the incorporation of the Padlet learning tool more life and fun can be pumped into an interactive way of teaching History.

An advantage of using of using Padlet to teach would be its a notice/bulletin board type of platform that allows creative commentry. So the teacher will post the topic of discussion and students will post a comment on thoughts on the topic, this can be used as a note making session for learning from each other.

Padlet is a great tool to use for Brainstorming. For example if the class is doing a project together this platform can be used for brainstorming project ideas by allow students comment thier real time.

The platform provides a live question bank that gives a voice to all students so that they can pose their questions during a lecture and those can be addressed afterwards this can be anonymously to protect students ego.

Padlet makes it easier for teachers/lecturers to have access to students work all in one area for reviewing and grading purposes.

The platform has an exit feedback feature that ask students questions like what was learnt, that way lecturers/teachers can evaluate the session that was taught and based on students responses the result give teachers a sense of direction as to if teaching materials or nethod needs to changed.

With this dynamic tool a creative way in now used in teaching History

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Advantages of using Padlet to teach History

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Advantages of using Padlet to teach History

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Someone made the statement that History is boring and I agree with them.  I remember in high school sitting through long lectures, trying to take notes that I had to study in order to prepare for exam at the end of the semester.  So I find these articles on the advantages of using Padlet to teach history rather interesting.  The methods mentioned would have really brought my history class to life all those years ago.

Padlet is a free digital platform that is easily accessible and easy to use.   It allows persons to share information in real time, and store previous information.  As students share information they get a better understanding of what they have read and they also get new ideas that they may not have thought of before.  Padlet caters to all types of learners, as it supports text, audio and video files and also gifs and emojis so that students can have fun while learning.   The use of audio visual aids always make a class more interesting, and they help to clarify information and make them easier to remember.  Charts, online video clips, and audio files encourages discussion and the writing of reports.  The writing of opinion polls help students to stay up to date on important issues that help to express their thoughts on different issues.  All these advantages make Padlet the perfect tool for teaching History.
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Padlet is a virtual bulletin board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. It allows you to add posts with one click, copy-paste, or drag and drop. As well as, simple link sharing allows for quick collaboration. Padlet updates in real time.‘The challenge of class participation and engagement will remain, so continuing to seek out new ways to encourage involvement from all students will be a necessity. Using Padlet in instruction has provided a non-threatening space for the collection and curation of collaborative classroom work.’ (Fuchs, 2014, p. 9). It is a good website to teach history in a fun and interactive way for both the students and teachers.

Padlet’s layout is very beneficial for history as each post can be organized in periodical order to depict changes in history in a fun way. There are many options to choose from such as posting historical video, pictures, audio, website url and more. It is clear and easy to navigate and can be accessible to all intended users via url link.

Padlet’s text is easy to read and it allows the users the option to bold, italicize, strike, hyperlink, highlight, and many other options. It allows users to personalize text as much as they like while keeping it clean and readable. This will be ‘eye-catching’ to readers and encourage readers to want to read , listen to and watch more historical information being taught by the teacher.

Padlet is a wonderful online tool to persuade students to want to learn about history thus persuading and informing them on the subject of history. I believe Padlet will be an impactful online tool to teach history as it provides a fun, fresh way of learning and interpreting information of the past.

To conclude, It is a wonderful tool that will be  effective to teach history and students will enjoy its features. Padlet has many things that cAnnot be found or done in print or any other traditional forms of disseminate historical information.

Reference

Fuchs, B. (2014). The writing is on the wall: using Padlet for whole-class engagement.

Loex Quarterly, 40(4), 7.

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In the beginning there was man
wait!!! wrong scene
In the beginning there was Padlet.

Padlet is an immersive and creative tool that allows user to create various post.

Are you a  boring teacher?
Are you a lifeless slave to teaching?
Do you wanna make history fun?

Well you just said yes to all of these well padlet is for you.
Its advantages are
1. You can be anywhere in the world an participate. Padlet has no boundaries
2.Its simplistic and allows every user to be creative
3. Allows teacher to dwell into historical topics with more participation.
4. Easy to share content and information for smoother transition of learning.

Padlet is your future to making all those history books a breeze learn with some zest and pep.
Only 999.99 just kidding we are not responsible for any learning outcomes.

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Padlet is a fun and interactive platform which is so easy to use that makes history fun! Brainstorming ideas for assignments are so easy its almost like pasting sticky notes on the wall. As a history teacher you could make classes more colorful and engaging with videos . voice notes and eye popping sticky notes.

Being able to post anonymously would also increase class participation as many students have anxiety when answering questions asked in class. More engagement means more learning!
Padlet is even available to edit and create on mobile devices which allows you to learn and engage from anywhere!

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A Padlet is a digital tool that assists in teaching methods and allows an interactive way of learning. This digital notice board is able to feature images, links, videos, and documents, all collated on a "wall" that can be made public or private. This may give advantages to teach digital history in different ways:

Sparks Creativity and interest

The Padlet wall allows immense creativity as different options are available to change your post and to customize to your liking. Students are able to play around with the design controls and compete with their classmates for the most creative post. More specific to digital history it allows greater interest for preserving history in the digital form.

Class Participation

This assignment is a huge example! students are able to suggest or post their info on certain topics, interact with each other and give their own perspective or view towards the activity. This encourages active learning and students can see real time responses. Teachers are also able to give their feedback on the topics that students can benefit from.

Notice Board

Padlets can also be used as a way of tracking upcoming assignments or class updates.

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Padlet is a creative space in which students and teachers can interact with each other.
There are many advantages of padlet in teaching history, however three will be discussed below.
1. User friendly- Padlet is user friendly as it allows for the both students and teachers to use the platform easily. Also, students are able to change the colours, add images and videos.  This gives for students and teachers to be able to share meaningful content in a fun way rather than just going on a boring portal that doesn't give you various features to make your response creative.
2. Information can be seen in real-time. This is helpful as a history teacher can easily ask students questions on this platform and get a response in real time. Teachers will be allowed to see what the students are typing instead of waiting for a long while to get the response.
3. The ability for students to actually be able to comment under each other post is an advantage. The platform can be used for students and teachers to expound on their views about a particular history topic.

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CREATIVE JUICES

By utilizing Padlet History teachers will motivate students to be more creative. All the various tools students will have access to will allow their creative juices to flow...

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Click the link below to find out about Padlet and all the cool ways it helps History teachers teach History. (Shows best on full screen)

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PADLET= BORING FUN HISTORY

Want a fun and interactive classroom?
Want to keep your history students engaged ?
Why don't you use Padlet?

"What is Padlet?", you might ask.

Padlet is a digital canvas that can be used anywhere for free by anyone to create a beautiful art of fun and knowledge.

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FUN AND INTERACTIVE

Look no further! If you are searching for a user friendly website that is fun and interactive. We spoke earlier about all the extra tools we have at our fingertips to use. History teachers can add pictures and videos to history lessons to grab their students attention. This platform will make history students feel comfortable in a learning that is so colorful, vibrant and engaging which promises to keep students attention. As they wont feel so pressured in this kind of learning environment as it has some similarities to that of social media platforms, where students mindlessly scroll for hours

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Padlet has many advantages to assisting in the process of teaching history but let us first define it. Padlet is a website that allows users to post information, pictures, etc for others to see in a posted note format.
1. The fist advantage that I would like to highlight is that it is a creative way to engage students in the new generation by making information readily available.
2. It is very much easy to access by students from anywhere on any device and all information they need can be found in a simple posted note format.
3. It is a very unique way of engaging students which results in the learning process being more fun and creative and is easy and simple for students to get feedback when necessary.
4. Through the use of media, ideas can be shared in a way that makes the learning process more interesting which helps students overall learn the idea to use visual aids in the learning process.

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COLLABORATIVE

This dynamic user interface allows teachers and students to collaborate in real time, where there is no delay in posting information. It gives history teachers the opportunity to post interactive questions. And students can work together in a shared virtual space to relay different ideas from their history bank of knowledge. You can be the batman to my superman!!!!

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ACCESSIBILITY

Padlet is very easy to maneuver, with tools placed directly at your fingertips to make history have a little razzle dazzle. It allows you to use all the various tools to make your imagination come to life. Tools that can be seen below. The very same tools use for said image. Press three little dots and you can add an audio clip, a video, a google image, gif, location or even draw something. After you're done creating, these pieces can be saved. Padlet is like a library and history students and teaching can use padlet to store information from previous lecture discussion. On this platform students and teachers alike can share their opinions related to history topics using the tools below to make class a little more bearable. Students and participate during or after lessons anywhere in the world!

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4. Padlet caters to all different students and teachers. It encompasses different elements to facilitate everyone and accommodate each creative mind. It embraces creativity as it allows for the use of videos, music, pictures, gifs etc. An idea can be expressed through a video or song. For example, why tell us about the Morant Bay Rebellion, when you can upload an audio with special effects or a video or a movie? Let's sign up, be creative and start learning!
#catersforall #registernow #sign #up

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3) It allows for students from all learning background and teachers with different learning styles to both be creative to embrace everyone's different learning and teaching styles. With history being considered as monotonous, as padlet allows for history to be taught in a fun and creative way. This enables students to be eager to learn and teachers to be eager to teach and prepare learning activities. History will never be boring again to another student. After all, F is for fun and not a failing grade with Padlet.

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2. It is by far more accessible than other websites. It can be used from any location and so students won't be confined to any one area for hours feeling forced to learn. All that is required is a 30 seconds sign up on any device as it can be used on a lot of devices we use nowadays after registering. Whether on a phone, tablet, laptop, computer, you name it!

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What is Padlet? Sit tight, I'm about to tell you!

It is a website and an app that allows kids to to collect, select and present information or items such as pictures, video, music, etc, onto virtual bulletin boards using a simple drag-and-drop system.
1)  The padlet is very interactive. It gives students and teachers the opportunity to both engage in learning and teaching. It allows for fun learning, participation monitoring and a better perception of history. Students will be more engaged now more than ever and allow students like myself to explore using the different features to aid their learning.

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Padlet is fun and interactive because you can get to write and edit the things you post.

It allows you to post things anonymously.

Padlet is easily accessible to anyone.

It engages persons to discuss topics and issues that were raised.

We are living in a digital age where everything is online and a platform like padlet gives you the opportunity to share your thoughts and opinions.

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Speaking of being interactive and engaging, that brings us to Padlet'stm ace in the hole;

4. Real time collaboration- Padlettm has an ace up its sleeve that no one else does; as users add and edit their thoughts it is updated for others in real time, this creates an almost chatroom like experience as users can share, interact and react to each other without delays, enabling a type of discourse that other forums just don't have, this also means that teachers of history can receive immediate feedback from their students rather than having to wait for them to see it, respond and wait again. If a student doesn't understand something or wants something expanded on they have the ability to establish an immediate back and forth with the lecturer, one that others can freely jump in on creating an almost classroom like experience right on the forum.

So what have we learned today?

Padlettm is fun, free, engaging and contains everything that a lecturer in this online age could need to engage their students. If Padlettm isn't your main teaching tool already don't waste anymore time, bring your lectures into the digital age today!(Note: Experiences may vary)

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2. Padlet tm is fun and engaging- All those tools we spoke about just now aren't just for show. You already know that one of the most important parts of keeping your pupil's attention is keeping them engaged and entertained, well Padlettm has got you covered there too!

By using these tools and Padlet'stm multimedia nature you and your students can create a history class experience that is uniquely you, whether that means sharing videos that you think are relevant to a topic, recording your thoughts on something directly or something as simple as changing your colour, Padlet tm gives its users a freedom of expression that few others can match. This will keep everyone involved in your classes engaged as they'll really feel like they're part of a fun learning experience, rather than just a passive participant in a learning exercise.

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History, Padlet and YOU.

Padlet tm is one of the most interactive forms of social media in the game today, a tool that anyone who wants to teach, collaberate or just share their views should have in their arsenal, but why? Let's explore the FACTS.

This is you(Note: this is likely not you)

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3. It is easily 📱Accessible📱 and simple to use
Whether you're on the go or in the comfort of your home, 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕 is just one click away. 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕 updates information written by the students right away so that others have access to it at the same time. Also, there is always an opportunity to go back and edit. It is also simple to use. The features are very straightforward and fun making it less tedious for students.

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2. It is 👀Engaging👀
𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕 is a fun and exciting app. With its exciting features, it allows students to explore and grasp what is being taught. We've all heard the phrase: "History is boring", so what better way to make the learning History more fun?

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𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕 is changing the game of how History is being taught today.
Let's examine some of the advantages of using it to teach History.

1. It allows for ✨Collaborative notetaking✨
While listening to a lecturer, students can work together to add notes to a 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕 to produce a resource they can refer to later. The discipline of History usually requires a lot of information and lots of notetakings. With 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕, everyone has the opportunity to record what they can from what was said. If a person misses  any information, it is probably being recorded by their classmates. It's a win win for everyone.

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3. Padlet is easily accessible. The website can be accessed anywhere once you have the link. There is no hassle to subscribe, log in or pay any monthly fees. Additionally, students can easily revisit the link to revise, study or take notes from previous Padlet sessions. So, the information is not lost forever!

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3. And finally, Padlet caters to all learners, whatever they be in a history class. For the persons who learn by reading historical content or by visual learning with pictures and videos or by listening. And whether that be all. There is a feature to cater to all learning types. So no man, no woman is left behind. So Padlet is one of the best ways to teach History.
And BOOM!!!

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2. Padlet also allows the discipline of History to be fun as it creates a flow of creativity. Students might think learning about a specific historical topic can be a bore but when you use Padlet, you get to bring that topic to life. Padlet provides features of sharing videos, images, recording your own audio, gifs as well as doodling. Using these different features, students can put their own spin on their understanding of a historical event or topic. It allows them to add their voice, their opinion to these discussions while adding a creative touch in the midst of it. It essentially fuels creativity among students and challenges them to see and express History in a new light.

So get creative!!! Let those creative juices flow!!!

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3. Padlet allows for a multimedia approach to learning. This multimedia approach to learning allows students to be more engaged in the content. Padlet does not only allow students to respond using words. Students can use emojis, videos and even GIFS. This makes learning History fun and students can showcase their creative talents while answering a question.

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You are looking for an interactive, fun and functional way to teach history to a group of young adults, something that goes beyond the normal whiteboard and marker method that everyone is using nowadays, something that'll really grab their attention! Well look no further buddy because Padlet tm has got everything you could ever need, let's see why.

1. Accesability- Padlettm is mind bogglingly easy to use, just sign up using a preexisting email address and you're on your way! Padlet can be accessed anytime anywhere on any device, phones, laptops, Samsung Smart  Fridges, you name it! You're always just one tap away from a world of information. Padlet's UI is also incredibly user friendly, there's no excessive menu navigation or hidden options to confuse or distract your students, everything you need is right there at their fingertips! It's also easy on the eyes as you can surely tell by now.

And speaking of having everything you need, the tools that Padlet tm offers its users are second to none, in Padlettm you'll find a full suite of editing tools to suit your every need, from the old classics like bolding or hyperlinking text to options you wont find anywhere else(Note: This claim cannot be factually verified and is not legally binding) like the ability to record your screen and insert the results without leaving the page and an in app google image search!

Now I know you're wowed already, but that's not all!

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𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 21𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒚, 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈/𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒕.

𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞.
ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴛᴀɢᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ?

Check out my next posts to find out!

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History leaving your students blank? Make it exciting with Padlet!

Padlet is the way to go when teaching History. With its large array of features, it will make any history lesson exciting. No more students falling asleep during history class 😴😂. "Padlet (www.padlet.com) is a free multimedia wall that allows real-time interaction both among students and between the students and the teacher and that facilitates whole-class participation" (Fuchs, 2014).

The advantages that Padlet offers are:

1. Motivates students to be creative

Students love creativity but History taught as a subject doesn’t give students much opportunities to express their creativity. It’s up to teachers to make creativity possible in history lessons and Padlet can help them do just that. Padlet allows students to unleash their inner creativity through pictures, gifs, videos, fun fonts and colours. They can post memes with historical concepts or share fun videos on history lessons.

2. Allows teachers to Illustrate and Animate history lessons

Teachers can easily add images and videos which illustrate their history lessons. This will help students to grasp and memorize historical information easier by linking them to different images and videos. The use of images and videos will break up the flow of text normally associated with History making the information more digestible.

3. Makes History Lessons interactive

Teachers and students can easily comment on and like posts on the wall. This motivates students to continue to add to wall and contribute to lesson. Students who do not talk a lot can freely express themselves in class without the nervousness they would experience in the usual class setting. Students are no longer limited to word responses but they can respond to history lessons with images, audio, and videos.

4. Works for all kinds of learners

Padlet caters to all kinds of learners. Visual learners can easily learn from images, gifs and videos; Aural learners can learn from audio files and videos and Kinesthetic (or hands-on) learners can learn by posting things that stimulate learning history on the wall or even drawing on the onscreen canvas.

So what are you waiting for! Teach History with Padlet today!

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2. Padlet is accessible. When teachers post History assignments students can easily log on from any location and complete the task. Also, Padlet is free and does not require any subscription to use the application. Moreover, Padlet is user friendly, it is easy for students  to use Padlet to complete their assignments.

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There are several advantages of using Padlet to teach History.

1. Padlet allows real-time chat. Students can participate during History classes using the live chat feature with not only words but images, audio, and videos. Students can type questions or answers and receive feedback immediately. Therefore, if something is not clear, the teacher can immediately clarify.  Additionally, students can interact with their classmates in real-time even though they are learning remotely. Padlet allows students to comment on their classmate’s responses.

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We are in the digital era where students tend to retain more information when images, gifs and/or videos are being used. Teaching History the traditional way vs. using Padlet, students will be more engaged. Padlet is a great platform for students to share their creative thinking and if they choose, to be anonymous.

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With the rise of the digital age, and especially in a time where teaching and learning isn't face to face due to a global pandemic, teachers and lecturers alike both have to find ways to make online learning fun and interactive for students. What other way to do this than Padlet!!!
Thinking of a creative way for students to contribute to class activities or have informative discussions? Then Padlet, the online social board is the right platform for teachers to incorporate into their classrooms. Padlet is like a virtual post it board, which interface allows students to converse and share pictures, images and gifs like in a way you'd share your feed to your wall. For students who might think the discipline of History is boring, when technology is incorporated into teaching the discipline, it makes for an all rounded learning experience.
Here are some advantages of using Padlet to teach History:
1. It is an easy way to communicate, that allows persons to converse and share information in real time. As well as allow students to leave comments on each other's post. It's sort of like a way of texting, something all students engage in. Just like how they can text and have conversations about certain topics, they can do the same here. Incorporating Padlet in teaching History allow students to have discussions about various historical topics as well as fuel debates such as "Would History be obsolete if not for digital technology?".
Let the online debates begin!!!!

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2. Additionally Padlet incorporates all the elements of learning... This includes Imagery (photos and drawings for visual learners), Audio (for auditory learners), Videos (for audio- visual learners) and Texts or notes for those who learn by reading and writing. So, no student is left out. History can be very lengthy and detailed, platforms like Padlet offer a multimedia approach to learning so students don't get bored with only one approach of learning.

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In this world of digital technology lecturers and teachers are finding more ways to enhance the learning experience through technology. Different applications have been created specially for the online learning experience. Some of which are platforms that not only educate/ inform but allows the students to have fun at the same time! An example of this is Padlet. Some advantages of Padlet are:
1. instantaneous interaction. Users on the same website are able to read comments made by other users in real time and have a conversation, just like texting!  This is especially useful for debates which are essential to the study of history.

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Padlet allows teachers to incorporate technology into teaching history. The interface is not intimidating, and the features allow for a more animated way of learning history.
Advantages:
1. Padlet is interactive- The ability to comment on classmates' work and creative expressions of history encourages students to participate and engage with the content.
2. Padlet is an avenue to cater to different kinds of learners in a history class. Some students learn best by reading long texts  while others are more receptive to audiovisual formats and tactile methods. The space and the features it provides, gives the teachers and the students multiple ways of sharing and receiving content.
3. Padlet can be used anonymously. Some students may be shy or afraid to answer questions incorrectly in History classes. The features of anonymity or fun usernames reduces shame that is faced and encourages students to share unorthodox perspectives in class.

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Padlet allows for permanent retention of the teaching. Students can go back on the link and review something that they’ve missed.
Francine, C.

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Padlet is useful in teaching History because the lecturer and even students can share resources such as videos and audios that can be helpful to a particular topic. For example a lecture is doing something on the Maroons, they can upload videos for students to view and maybe get an understanding.
Francine, C.

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Padlet is a fun, creative and interactive way to teach students. Many people would classify History as being boring but through Padlet, students can be able to personalize, upload pictures and videos and interact much better with peers and lecturer.
Francine, C.

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Advantages of using Padlet to teach History  

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Advantages of using Padlet to teach History  

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Advantage 1
Padlet can be used by lecturers to try and figure out what students know on a particular topic that is going to be taught. Students would be able to post their knowledge on the topic and it would be easier for the lecturer to get an understanding of the student’s knowledge.

For example if the lecturer is going to teach the topic of the Tainos in Jamaica. He/ She would be able to see what students know.
Francine, C.

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I think Padlet accentuates the teaching of History. It helps students to think creatively and critically, rather than just picking information off the internet. The use of audiovisual aids allows students to engage with History in a more informal sense which will, in turn, make them more susceptible to learning.  Padlet goes beyond just teaching in a classroom and writing words on a board, this gives students a space to express themselves even with the so-called “boring” subject of history.

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Is History boring?? Use PADLET!!
After listening to the audio attached, click the link below to play a quick game. 😊🎮🕹   https://padlet.com/fedeliafogah0907/w23849i56mi8my46

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"Padlets" are the name given to a soft technological medium which combines: audio, text, and visual (still images and videos) data into a streamlined format- in the form of self contained clickable and expandable "walls". It is remniscent of the social media website Tumblr.

Padlets can be used to preserve digital history in very archival like manner, looking at posts can feel as if one is perusing a document warehouse; it is a viable solution to organising and storing history in a way that can be sorted, and compiled easily; whilst being visually appealing and interactive.

In History classes, Padlets bring an element of creativity for students to express themselves, with various reaction gifs or voice notes, etc. It encourages quick collaboration in information sharing, and giving each other opinions and feedback. Padlets may be grouped in matrices to make the flow of information when studying or researching easier- like stacking or lining up books on a table. From the instructor's use of always at the top, admin-priveledged stickied posts, students can be sure to never miss an assignment, or something of particular importance to the class. Of course, the charm of old school paper is never lost, isn't that right Tom? ↓