https://padlet.com/aisamuddinhamzah3/q2ae7wynodoe Made with whimsy en-us 2018-06-30 15:39:53 UTC 2018-06-30 15:46:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Cake.png aisamuddinhamzah3 https://padlet.com/aisamuddinhamzah3/q2ae7wynodoe/wish/269033187 So, how exactly can you use Padlet? A simple activity is to get students to brainstorm vocabulary. Imagine you’re going to read an article on the topic of technology. You could ask students to go to the Padlet you’ve created and post three words or phrases they think will be in the text. The teacher can display the Padlet on the board in class while the students are adding ideas or when students have finished adding vocabulary, and elicit any corrections and check understanding of any higher level vocabulary. The students can use the vocabulary for discussion, e.g. Talk about your use of technology using as many words on the board as possible in 2 minutes. The students have now had vocabulary practice and are better prepared to read and understand the text.]]> 2018-06-30 15:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aisamuddinhamzah3/q2ae7wynodoe/wish/269033187 aisamuddinhamzah3 https://padlet.com/aisamuddinhamzah3/q2ae7wynodoe/wish/269033209  Firstly, all of the students have to take part, rather than just the most confident or quickest learners. Secondly, the teacher can assess the students’ work much more easily because it’s all in one place. It doesn’t depend on the teacher having to see every word written down by every student while monitoring. Teachers can also see errors and take note of any interesting/useful/higher level vocabulary to highlight more easily. Another benefit is that you have a complete record of the vocabulary, which you can save and share in more than one format.]]> 2018-06-30 15:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aisamuddinhamzah3/q2ae7wynodoe/wish/269033209 aisamuddinhamzah3 https://padlet.com/aisamuddinhamzah3/q2ae7wynodoe/wish/269033217 To work on speaking skills, the teacher can ask the students to record themselves, e.g. Talk about the best holiday you’ve ever had. This way, students can listen back and assess their speaking skills against criteria that you’ve agreed with them, e.g. I’ll use at least six superlative adjectives; I’ll use past simple irregular verbs correctly, etc. This kind of self-assessment can help students gain a greater understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. Padlet allows the students to do this for homework and then share the recordings with the class. The teacher can then listen to the recordings or ask students to assess another student’s monologue against the agreed criteria. An alternative is to ask students to listen to three or four other monologues and say what they enjoyed about them for listening practice. The students can post their comments on Padlet or bring them to class for face-to-face feedback.]]> 2018-06-30 15:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aisamuddinhamzah3/q2ae7wynodoe/wish/269033217