Padlet is a free, online tool that allows users to create digital bulletin boards or walls where text, images, and videos can be posted. Multiple contributors can add content to a Padlet wall simultaneously, making it a collaborative tool. The document provides examples of how Padlet could be used in a language classroom, such as for teachers to communicate announcements or share resources with students, and for students to respond to writing prompts, collect images, or create multimedia presentations. It also includes tutorials on how to set up and customize Padlet walls.

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2. Outcomes
 Create a Padlet wall (if Internet available) with text
and media
 Describe options for using Padlet in language
classroom
 Add Padlet to your repetoire of online tools for world
language teaching and learning

3. What is Padlet?
http://padlet.com/
Padlet is a user-friendly, free, and attractive tool for creating
websites that look like bulletin boards or walls. You can post
text, images, or videos in minutes. It’s also a tool for
collaboration because multiple people can contribute to the wall.

4. Padlet in the Language Classroom
 See the wall created for this presentation,
http://padlet.com/wall/oflta_spring13
 First, a quick tutorial
 Then, example uses
 Feel free to access Padlet and create your own
wall!

5. Important Stuff for Students
 See Padlet’s Terms of Service
 http://jn.padlet.com/knowledgebase/articles/153268-terms-of-
 Related to COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy and
Protection Act) and FERPA (Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act)
 Especially children under 13

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7. Padlet, formerly known as Wallwisher, http://padlet.com

8. Creating an account requires only an
email address and a password or the
use of a Google account.
Consider creating an account for a
class so that students don’t need their
own accounts.

9. Once you’ve logged in and created a blank wall, look at the vertical bar on
the right side of the screen. These icons stand for:
Home Page
Create a New Wall
_________ ‘s Account
Share / Export
Get More Info
Get Help
Modify This Wall

10. When you click on Modify This Wall, this page
opens. The first option is to create or edit the wall
title and description and, if you like, to select a
portrait. The other icons in the yellow vertical bar
show you what else you can do here.

11. When you click on Wallpaper in the yellow bar, you’ll see a number of
options. You can also upload your own photo to use as a background.
Teach students to use only photos from these categories: their own
personal photos, a CC-licensed photos, or public domain photos.
Appropriate photo credits must be provided.

12. When you click on Layout, you’ll see two options: Freeform and Stream.
Stream is new and could be used for blogging activities.

13. When you click on Privacy, you’ll see the
choices you have with regard to who
sees your wall and who posts on it.
Hidden Link is the default privacy setting.

14. Under Address, you can choose to use the URL that Padlet supplies
when you create your wall, or you can request a URL related to the
content of your wall.

15. When you click on Share / Export,
you’ll see a variety of methods for
sharing your Padlet wall with others.
You will also be able to choose a
format for exporting a wall.
You can use the embed code if you
want your wall to form part of your
website, blog, or wiki.
You should be able to embed a wall
in an LMS, but it may not be visible
in all browsers.

16. To add something to your wall, double-click anywhere. This box will
appear. You can add a title, write text, add a link, upload a file or
image, or take a photo with your webcam. Audio files can be
uploaded.
Once you’ve created the element you can edit, resize, or move it. If
you don’t like it, you can delete it.

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18. Padlet in the Language Classroom
 How can teachers use it?
 Communicate with parents
 Post class announcements or assignments
 Provide resources for lessons or projects
 Provide supplemental or enrichment materials or
additional practice activities
 Create a backchannel form of communication
 Other ideas?

19. Padlet in the Language Classroom
 How can students use it?
 In class if laptops or tablets are available or in labs
 At home if Internet access and a device are available
 To respond to writing prompts
 To collect images related to a topic
 To create a multimedia gallery or presentation
 To comment on the work of other students
 Other ideas?

20. Example Padlet Walls
 Jasmine
 Judith
 Rachael
 Shana
 Shelton

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