As part of this week's exercise, I came across this cool tool called Padlet. Padlet is a versatile, easy to use tool for every teacher’s toolkit.
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!
I’m always excited when I’m using Padlet. Is it the interface, the way everything is designed, its purpose or the fact that I’m organizing things smoothly? I don’t know. It just makes me happy.
And today I’ll try to make you happy as well. How is it that this online Post-it board can make your day? How to use Padlet in your classroom? What are the best lesson ideas with padlet? How can you use Padlet in the elementary classroom and in high school? I’ll tell you right away…
Whoever has the Padlet board opened on his smartphone or computer, can see what’s on it and what everyone is writing. Students just have to take a device and start adding little sticky notes online. They can see all the ideas gathered on the teacher board immediately.
How to use Padlet?
Using Padlet in the classroom is easy. You can install the Padlet app for Apple or for Android on your phone or just go to the Padlet website. Here you create an account and make your first board. Once that is settled, you have to get the board to your students. Sharing a Padlet board is easy; choose for a QR code or a link. There are more sharing options, but these two are the most obvious.
Here's a quick tutorial video that I created about how to use Padlet (Sorry, the narration did not get uploaded with the video!) But, hopefully this will give you some idea about the tool and how to get started with it. So here goes:
Share your experiences when you try Padlet for the first time. Leave a comment below. Have you used it before? Do share some cool tips on how it can be used in a classroom.