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HOW TO USE PADLET:A FANTASTIC TOOLFOR TEACHINGUseful Tools for Teachers

by Vicki Davis

adlet is a versatile, easyto use tool for everyteacher’s toolkit. Let’s

learn the basics. At the bottom ofthis post, I have a Padlet that istemporarily open for you to post

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and share your favorite edtechtools.

Richard Byrne, author of FreeTechnology for Teachers, spent sometime teaching the teachers at myschool about Padlet. I’ve got somenotes in this article that he mentionedin the workshop to give him due credit.Richard has a fantastic blog, and Ihighly recommend it.

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You can:

Type

Record Your Voice

Add a Hyperlink

Add a Photo

Add a Document

The flexibility of this tool means youcould have one class Padlet for theyear and share resources and linksthroughout the year. (Particularly if youset it up in “flow” style as shownbelow.)

Editing

As with many tools the gear icon (asshown in the graphic below) is whereyou go to edit your background andchange your settings.

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You can customize your Padlet page with a differentbackground, title and more.

Organizing

Richard Byrne taught me somethingnew today. You can change it to bemore like a Twitter or have a flow. I likethis view much better than havingpeople write all over the board.

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You can move the Padlet layout to stream.This view is much better than typing all overeach other, in my opinion. (hat tip Richard

Byrne – I didn’t know this.)

Security and Control

There are lots of features you cancustomize. For example, you can makeit public, private, password protectedand even moderate everything.

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that need to be removed. You can alsoturn off writing and set it just to viewwhen you’re not in the classroom. Ifyou’re worried about “naughtystudents” – you just need to digdeeper.

How you can give thestudents the link to thePadlet:

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You can share the link with others inmany ways. You can also copy the link

at the top and paste into a linkshortener like bitly.

If you click the share button, you canshare via email, Tweet, and it evencreates a QR code. But the best way isto copy the long address and thenpaste the link into bit.ly and customizethe link. (See my blog post on linkshortening.)

SANDBOX: The BIG Tip forthe First Time You Use AnySoftware

As Richard shared, he has a commonexperience with tools that I do. The firsttime you share it, have a sandboxPadlet. Sandboxing software meansthat you play with the software beforeyou get down to “business.”

Kids get a bit excited and sometimessilly. When they are done and get it outof their system, delete the Padlet andgo onto the real activity. Glad to seeanother teacher seeks kids get excited.Both Richard and I recommend this asbest practice in the workshops we give.

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How can I use Padlet in theClassroom?

For younger classes, use it as aportfolio to share with parents.Snap pictures of student work andshare them.

Richard Byrne says you can use italmost as a blog.

Have a class Padlet and put thelinks to everything else in it. Setthe student web browsers to startwith that page. If you set it to flow,the work is already at the top.Students will know quickly whatthey are doing that day.

Have kids sort pictures on Padletto classify them (and use theInteractive White Board (IWB)).

Use it as a class backchannel andhave discussions on it.

Have students work a problem,and snap a picture of how theyworked it.

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Richard Byrne has written blogposts and recorded many tutorials

Tom Barrett has a fantastic GooglePresentation “32 Ways to UsePadlet in the Classroom” that youshould review

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Jo Schiffbauer says:October 13, 2015 at 9:03 am

I like using Padlet for

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storytelling. It supports multiplemedia resources that you mayuse in your story. And it’s easyto use.

I also like using Padlet for classbrainstorming (online oroffline).

Sheila Blue says:October 14, 2015 at 9:31 pm

Our virtual school staffsometimes uses Padletto give kudos to others.It’s a great place for usto “gather” to share ourideas. We’ve createdthem to putencouraging pictures,words,and ideas forteams the deserverecognition!

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Vicki DavisOctober 15, 2015 at8:30 pm

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What anawesomeidea, Shelia!

John Laskaris @ Talent LMS says:October 16, 2015 at 11:18 am

I can’t help but think it woulddo fantastically if every studenthad a tablet on their desk. Am Imistaken?

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Vicki Davis says:October 18, 2015 at 8:57 pm

It would help but itisn’t required. Youcould bring it up andthey could take turnsadding theirinformation. I thinkyou can edit via yourphone as well.

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John Laskaris @ TalentLMS says:October 23, 2015 at 5:18 am

Cool! But I guess phone usageduring classes is a no-no, right?

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Vicki Davis says:October 23, 2015 at 6:32 am

Not in my class

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Mitch says:December 3, 2015 at 2:55 am

I really like Padlet. It is a uniquetool to bring into a mathematicsclassroom (even though it mightseem strange at first!). Padletoffers a great opportunity topromote, invite and encouragevaried solution strategies. Thisis a place where students canpost their own definitions andexplanations of mathematicalconcepts and terminology.Simultaneously, they can look atevery other student responses,broadening their exposure tounique thought processes. It is ahelpful tool in giving studentsownership of theirmathematical thoughts.

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Director at a small school in Camilla, Georgia. This is

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better teacher. I’m passionate about helping all

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