Many teachers will use Padlet to get you working together in groups and to share resources. Padlet is also a great tool for studying, and in many cases you will be able to use it for your assignments. We have a Howick College account which will allow you free unlimited padlets, you just need to go to hc.padlet.org and use the login with Google option. Don't google Padlet and go from there, that won't get you on our school account.
Tool: Padlet hc.padlet.org
What it does: Padlet is essentially a giant digital whiteboard that everyone can write on, post on, share resources, work collaboratively, and design all sorts of activities. I am still finding uses for it! I use this app with all of my classes, as it does something pretty unique. The best way to understand it, is to see examples of it, so I have shared a few of mine with you. You can also pop on to youtube and search for Padlet demonstration - you’ll find a lot.
A Collaborative Analysis of a Poem In this padlet, students each took a stanza of a poem and added their thoughts. Padlet is good for breaking information up into smaller bits.
Analysis of a Bunch of Articles : If you are doing research, you might use padlet to save articles and add your notes to them. It's nice because you get pictures along with the articles. Great for group research.
A Wall of Articles for Reading Responses: Here is a simple one where I have collected a bunch of NY Times articles for my Y12 students to do responses on. You can use it similarly to collect things from the web.