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Cathy's thoughts: When I teach face-to-face classes, I feel like presence is an easy thing to establish. We have check-ins at the beginning of each class. We sometimes have unexpected discussions that are teachable moments. And (for the most part) the students are minimally distracted. When they are taking a course online - they can be distracted by so many things so I think it is imperative to create an online environment that makes them feel like (as much as possible) that they are physically present in the classroom. And that is the biggest challenge of all. (Padlet...a new tool for me. Never heard of it before!)

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Cathy's thoughts: When I teach face-to-face classes, I feel like presence is an easy thing to establish. We have check-ins at the beginning of each class. We sometimes have unexpected discussions that are teachable moments. And (for the most part) the students are minimally distracted. When they are taking a course online - they can be distracted by so many things so I think it is imperative to create an online environment that makes them feel like (as much as possible) that they are physically present in the classroom. And that is the biggest challenge of all. (Padlet...a new tool for me. Never heard of it before!)

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Angela's thoughts: I LOVE Padlet! I use it in my English 12 for our Margaret Atwood author study. I place all the books written by Margaret Atwood across the top of the Padlet as column headers. The students choose one of the books to read and then post their thoughts when they have completed the book. They also post responses to other students' posts. As the Padlet has grown, students who come along have been able to use their peers' comments to help them choose which Atwood book they want to read. I also use Padlet to create our own private little social media spaces - using the Instagram and Twitter formats but private to our class members. I use it to discuss documentaries, films, etc. - I post the video I want them to watch right in the Padlet, and then they add their comments there in that same space. It acts as a poetry sharing wall in one of my classes. And in my social studies class I use Padlet as a current events board. I add news events along the top of the board as column headers, and learners respond/discuss below. My favorite Padlet so far is in my social studies 10 class. It asks learners to share the difference they're making in their home, community, world. It is an open format like this one, with just this quote along the top: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead                                              From what I have seen, the Padlet offers a more 'live' aspect such that the students 'see' each other there in the class in a way that doesn't happen with threaded forums. 

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Angela's thoughts: I LOVE Padlet! I use it in my English 12 for our Margaret Atwood author study. I place all the books written by Margaret Atwood across the top of the Padlet as column headers. The students choose one of the books to read and then post their thoughts when they have completed the book. They also post responses to other students' posts. As the Padlet has grown, students who come along have been able to use their peers' comments to help them choose which Atwood book they want to read. I also use Padlet to create our own private little social media spaces - using the Instagram and Twitter formats but private to our class members. I use it to discuss documentaries, films, etc. - I post the video I want them to watch right in the Padlet, and then they add their comments there in that same space. It acts as a poetry sharing wall in one of my classes. And in my social studies class I use Padlet as a current events board. I add news events along the top of the board as column headers, and learners respond/discuss below. My favorite Padlet so far is in my social studies 10 class. It asks learners to share the difference they're making in their home, community, world. It is an open format like this one, with just this quote along the top: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead                                              From what I have seen, the Padlet offers a more 'live' aspect such that the students 'see' each other there in the class in a way that doesn't happen with threaded forums. 

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Currently I use Padlet in my orientation as a way for students to post the most helpful resources to use at the UW. All the students in the program are online (remote) and are not always aware of the resources available to them. The assignment serves as a quick reference for them to see what other students might use in order to support them in their work.

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To get more engagement from youth.  We use Moodle and invite learners to forums but they either do it incredibly well (1/3) or they are perfunctory, often posting after the learning moment is lost.  When my colleague added padlet conversations and assignments, seniors started to engage and went beyond expectations. The medium can be the message! I hope to use it for reflections to engage students.  For instance, in Writing 12, one line can be a thing of beauty, so I might share a learner's line.  In SJ 12, I might use it to keep current events front and center.  In adult or any literary criticism class, it might be good see what others are thinking about the work as a replacement for discussions.

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To get more engagement from youth.  We use Moodle and invite learners to forums but they either do it incredibly well (1/3) or they are perfunctory, often posting after the learning moment is lost.  When my colleague added padlet conversations and assignments, seniors started to engage and went beyond expectations. The medium can be the message! I hope to use it for reflections to engage students.  For instance, in Writing 12, one line can be a thing of beauty, so I might share a learner's line.  In SJ 12, I might use it to keep current events front and center.  In adult or any literary criticism class, it might be good see what others are thinking about the work as a replacement for discussions.

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Lori: In my face-to-face class for incoming frehsmen that meets once per week, I use Poll Everywhere to do weekly check-ins about how everyone is feeling. On that, I use the word cloud feature so students can see they are not alone in what they are feeling. This seems like a way to do that online. It could also be used as a "muddiest point" check-in in each unit/module to see if students are struggling with anything/similar things. 

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Lori: In my face-to-face class for incoming frehsmen that meets once per week, I use Poll Everywhere to do weekly check-ins about how everyone is feeling. On that, I use the word cloud feature so students can see they are not alone in what they are feeling. This seems like a way to do that online. It could also be used as a "muddiest point" check-in in each unit/module to see if students are struggling with anything/similar things. 

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Is there a way for me as the instructor to know who posts what?

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Jeanne: I have used it in my online course to ask for introductions, family descriptions, pets, hopes, goals, etc.  It was helpful later in the course, when people would make comments that needed more context, so we could go back to see where some folks were coming from in their lives.  I think it would be used well in a synchronous interaction/activity, so everyone can see how a conversational thread can grow and morph. 

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Jeanne: I have used it in my online course to ask for introductions, family descriptions, pets, hopes, goals, etc.  It was helpful later in the course, when people would make comments that needed more context, so we could go back to see where some folks were coming from in their lives.  I think it would be used well in a synchronous interaction/activity, so everyone can see how a conversational thread can grow and morph. 

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Great question, I have never used it before, so I have to learn myself before I could answer that! Have others used it?