Padlet

In One Sentence

Padlet is an interactive, virtual bulletin board that promotes participation and collaboration.



What's the Point?

  • Quick, immediate, timely check for understanding, increases participation for responses, promotes each students’ voice, gives choice in response (video or audio)

How is it Used by Teachers?

How is it Used by Students?


  • Resource bank

  • Learning map

  • Tool for data analysis to plan instruction

  • Entry and Exit tickets

  • Discussion Board

  • Elicit Feedback

  • Provide a Choice Board for Assessment (Differentiation)

  • The lesson plan (one stop shop)

  • A hook for students to launch into the lesson

  • A housing warehouse for resources

  • Links to resources within the padlet

  • provide starter stems

  • Check-in (social/emotional)

  • Help establish and model growth mindset

  • Self-care and coping strategies

  • Celebrate individuals or teams (appreciative inquiry)

  • Brainstorming

  • Learning Map (editable)

  • Peer feedback

  • Brainstorming

  • Reflection on responses from peers and themselves

  • Provide feedback to teacher

  • Self-assessment

  • Interacts with content

  • Collaborate with others

  • Ask and answer questions

  • Students can use it as a checklist to complete learning targets

  • Celebrate individuals or teams (appreciative inquiry)

  • Share information about themselves and make connections with others

  • Practice and build growth mindset


Checklists

Before:

Decide purpose for the Padlet.

  • Collaborate

  • Assess

  • Document learning

  • Peer Feedback

  • Teacher Feedback

  • Share Resources

  • Instruction or PLC

  • Lesson map

  • Student questions

  • Other

How to create:

Include the following:

  • Title

  • Columns

  • Color Scheme

  • Privacy settings

    • Public

    • Only with link

    • Unlisted

  • Preferences

    • Comments

    • Language

  • How to share the Padlet

During:

  • Share the purpose with students

  • Introduce Padlet and model the tool

  • After:

  • Make the link available to participants to refer back to