Monday, November 17, 2014
Padlet Has Won Me Over!
Now that we've completed our Tech Tools in Use presentations I have to say that Padlet was my favorite tool that I plan on using in my classroom. Prior to the presentation I had never heard of Padlet before. What I learned is that it is a fantastic space to collect material for students and it is also visually appealing. I immediately thought that this tool would be great for my students and I really enjoyed the examples that the presenters provided for us. I really liked the idea of using Padlet for creating timelines because it makes all the information visual for the students and also interactive because students can click on each event to access another Padlet that is more specific to that point on the timeline. I can see potential with using this style of Padlet to give an overview of styles of literature over time.
I'd like to try and create a Padlet in "real time" with students. I can also see potential with Padlet when my students read novels that include many different characters. I know I have trouble with reading novels that include many different characters, so I think Padlet may have value in making a visual organizer for the students. The ability to create a Padlet within a Padlet (a sort of Padlet Inception) where we can classify characters and then create individual descriptions for those characters to hopefully prevent confusion. I think there could be value in doing this with students as we read a novel. Then, because Padlet is so easy to use and share, I can easily post this Padlet in a space that is accessible for the students as they are reading at home. I hope using this tool can help us easily answer questions like "Who is this character?" and "Why are they important?" as we continue with reading texts. I also find merit in the fact that the students will be building the character maps along with me because the students have helped construct it. I'm thinking of creating a lesson around this idea, and I'm hoping Padlet will be successfully incorporated into my lesson!
Does anybody else have any plans for incorporating Padlet into lessons? I'm curious to know what you're planning to do!
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I'm really glad to hear that you plan on incorporating Padlet into your lessons, since I was apart of the group that presented on it. I hope we gave you some useful ideas. You ask if anyone else is planning on using it in their classes, and I plan to try and use it in my class. You have a very interesting idea about building a Padlet along with students, and I think it could be very useful. Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to do anything like that in my class this year because we do not have laptop carts for students to use. We have computer labs, but it would be unrealistic to use that often. I see myself using it more for a resource type page to upload resources too rather than a typical website because I find it very user friendly. I also thought of having students create Padlets about particular topics at home on their own time, then they could share them with the class. This way the laptop access during class won't be an issue because they will already have prepared it.
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