Using Padlet by jessica clark

Four learning activities examples using Padlet...

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 21:45:05 UTC

1. Close Reading Activity

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 21:47:22 UTC

Have students read a piece of text and ask a guiding question; request that students post their responses on a Padlet wall, citing evidence from the text to support their answer.

2. Exit Slips / Check in to Check Out

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 21:48:56 UTC

Set up a Padlet wall to serve as an exit slip. Have students add a note, share a take-away from the lesson, list one confusing concept, etc.

3. Embed Videos or Websites

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 21:50:43 UTC

Set up a wall and add a note with a URL to a YouTube video or website with an article or video you want students to read/watch. Resize it a little to make the video bigger. Have space next to the note for students to respond to a specific prompt or question about what they watched or read.

4. Literature Circles

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 21:53:56 UTC

On one Padlet wall, list different literature circle roles. Assign each student a role and have them respond on the Padlet page after they have read a specific section of text.

How can it enhance cognitive, social and instructor presence?

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 21:57:45 UTC

According to Effective Online Teaching, "Cognitive presence is the ability of learners to construct knowledge together as they engage in interactions" (Stavredes p. 105). With Padlet, students are able to interact in real time to construct content knowledge concepts through peer interaction and engagement.

Padlet also supports social presence, which "contributes to the learning experience because it establishes learners as individuals and helps build interpersonal relationships that can have a positive impact on engagement in learning activities" (Stavredes p. 105). Each student is able to show individualism as they create content that they share with their classmates. Then students build interpersonal relationships as they learn to collaborate and appropriately contribute to other students' work.

"Teaching presence includes how an instructor facilitates the learning activities to support social and cognitive presence to help learners achieve course outcomes" (Stavredes p. 105). With Padlet, the instructor has the ability to guide students in a given direction through the use of participant requirements, assignment modeling, guiding questions, small groups, learning objectives, etc..

What types of learning objectives are best met using this tool?

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 21:59:32 UTC

Due to the versatility of this tool, a wide range of learning objectives can be met. I will provide a list of possibilities but with creativity, so many more options are possible.

Collaborative notetaking
Writing process planning
Book reports
Novel Discussions
Research or resource page
Webquest
Digital gallery walk
Entrance or exit ticket
Interactive presentation
Interactive storytelling
Classroom group roles (literature circles)
Assessment (pre/post test)
Digital portfolio of student work
Word wall or vocabulary
Discussion starters
Gathering Text based evidence
Creating a timeline
Jigsaw activity
Story starters
Quote or note catcher

In your presentation, discuss strengths and weaknesses of Padlet.

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 22:00:59 UTC

The greatest strength of Padlet is its versatility. This free tool allows users to organize and present information while incorporating links, videos, audio, pictures or documents. Another benefit is the collaboration potential because multiple students can be posting and responding to work in real-time.

The weaknesses that I have found with Padlet include:

Students can delete their own work or other student's work. This can be difficult and at times impossible to recover.
Padlet has a feature that, when activated, shows student's names as they post. Although this is a deterrent, there is bound to be a student that posts something inappropriate.
When several people are collaborating, the wall can become large and awkward to read because the viewer has to scroll in several directions to see all of the content.

Works Cited

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 22:02:06 UTC

Davis, V. (2016, March 28). How to Use Padlet in the Classroom: A Fantastic Teaching Tool. Retrieved July 14, 2017, from http://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-use-padlet-fantastic-tool-teaching/

Fuchs, B. (2014). The Writing is on the Wall: Using Padlet for Whole-Class Engagement . University of Kentucky Libraries,40, 7-9. Retrieved July 14, 2017, from http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=libraries_facpub

Padlet in the Classroom. (2017, July 11). Retrieved July 15, 2017, from http://www.mrskarpiuk.com/padlet-in-the-classroom/

Stavredes, Tina. Effective Online Teaching : Foundations and Strategies for Student Success, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central, .

Sample Padlet Walls

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 22:02:48 UTC

Literary Quotes LINK
Novel Discussion Questions LINK
Book Reports LINK
Writing Example LINK

Video Tutorial

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 22:05:56 UTC

What is Padlet?

jessica_clark — 2017-07-15 22:27:37 UTC

Padlet "provides a free, multimedia friendly wall which can be used to encourage real-time, whole class participation and assessment" according to University of Kentucky faculty member Beth Fuchs (Fuchs p. 7).

"Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. Padlet allows users to create a hidden wall with a custom URL. Padlet creators can also moderate posts, remove posts, and manage their board 24/7. Padlet is free and easy to use!" (Education World).