PADLETc o l l a b o r a t e , c o l l e c t , and b r a i n s t o rm !

This is a great tool to facilitate

brainstorming, story-boards, collaboration,

and content curation.  Students can add to

a communal page all at the same time

from any device (no download or app

required!) or create their own. Gives each

student an online voice in your community.

Your teacher-librarian can set up and

facilitate use of a Padlet for you and your

students to help them respond to

questions and ideas. He or she can also

teach online etiquette and guidelines to

ensure the Padlet experience is a safe

space for all students. 

- Any group discussion: Post a discussion

prompt and allow students to respond.

- Curation tool for any topic: For any

research unit or topic students curate web

pages, images, articles, videos, documents,

even songs! etc. to access later. Teachers

and the teacher-librarian can assess

sources for quality.

Overview Why use this digital tool?

 -Storyboarding: students can

collaboratively create elements of a story

for a written story, script, film, etc.

- Brainstorming and collaborative work:

students can work together to visually

record, share, and analyze ideas before

starting final projects

- And more! Click this link to find 30 ways

to use Padlet in the classroom:

https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2017/0

8/30-creative-ways-to-use-padlet-for-

teachers-and-students

Let's Collaborate!

Padlet ideas:

This is an online bulletin board that

students can use in a variety of ways.

Click here to see the TeachersFirst review

for Padlet:

https://www.teachersfirst.com/single.cfm?

id=10007

@thebiblioz

Curricular competencies covered:

Communication: 1, 2, 4; Creative Thinking:

2, 3; Critical Thinking: 1, 2; Personal Social-

Positive Personal and Cultural Identity: 2;

Personal Awareness and Responsibility: 1, 2,

3, 4

1. Visit www.padlet.com and sign up for an

account.

2. Create your first Padlet: log in, then click

the pink 'make a padlet' button. Select the

kind of wall you would like (this determines

how your posts will be visually organized)

or choose a pre-designed template.

3. After you've selected your Padlet style, a

privacy settings page will open where you

can determine the level of privacy and

roles of contributors. You can also invite

users from this page.

Competencies and skills

Basic steps:

Helpful tips: 

4. Your Padlet is now ready! Start by

posting your discussion prompt etc.

5. To share with students you click the

'share' tab on the top right of your page.

 Click Share/export/embed- this give you

either a digital QR code students can scan,

or that you can print off, or will give you a

link to give to students, or an embed code

so you can embed your padlet into a

website.

6. Students simply need to hit the big pink

button on the bottom right to add their

own thoughts and ideas to the board.

Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/padlet

Digital and Critical

Literacy Skills:

- Digital organization

- Navigating graphic design

- Online safety & etiquette

- Curation

- Self-editing

Posts are automatically anonymous. If

you wish each post to be attributed to

its author, simply go to your Padlet page,

click the 'gear' sign in the top right, go to

'modify', scroll down to almost the

bottom, and toggle the 'attribution' slide

to ensure author's names are added to

posts.  This might be a good time to

toggle the 'profanity' button as well,

found just underneath, so that any

profanity is replaced with a nice emoji.

Just to be safe, you can click the 'share'

button on your Padlet page, scroll to the

bottom of the page that pops up, and

toggle the "Moderation" button, so that

you can approve any postings that come

in before going public

@thebiblioz