This document discusses Padlet, a free web-based tool that allows users to create virtual walls for collaboration. Padlet walls can be used by teachers and students to post assignments, provide feedback, display examples, and conduct formative assessments. Students can use Padlet for collaboration, creation, discussion boards, portfolios, notes, and more. Padlet is easy to use, supports multiple devices, and walls can be embedded or exported in different formats. Experts say Padlet encourages participation and engagement by allowing all students to contribute and learn from each other.

1. Padlet: A Must-Have
Tool for Schools
By Bethany Lucas

2. What is the issue at hand?
• Students are being blocked from learning tools due to Internet filtering.
• This prohibits access to many free web-based learning and teaching tools.
• Recently, we learned that Padlet is a Web 2.0 site that has been blocked.
• This is unfortunate because this is an amazingly simple and effective way for
teachers and students to create, collaborate, and demonstrate.

3. What is Padlet?
“Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts
on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper
where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents,
text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device.”
http://ctreichler.wikispaces.com/Padlet

4. What does it look like?

5. “
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Let’s take a look at how to use it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2mBxnpmCVXCbUxfLWpybHdoRDg/view

6. How can teachers use Padlet?
• To post assignments
• To get feedback on a lesson, book,
or assignment
• To answer student questions about
a lesson
• To post examples
• as a differentiation tool/choice in
assignments
• To post resources found on the
web
• Formative assessments
• Graphic organizer

7. How can students use Padlet?
• To collaborate
• To create
• Discussion board
• Portfolio option
• Display
• Visual aid
• Resource board
• Notes/outline
• And a great deal more…

8. Examples of Padlet at Work
• http://padlet.com/coffeebite/1rb
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• http://mooreti.edublogs.org/files/
2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-05-10-
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• http://image.slidesharecdn.com/pa
dletkerrigan2014ppt-
141002075702-
phpapp02/95/padlet-presentation-
kerrigan-2014-anglia-ruskin-
university-5-
638.jpg?cb=1413479566

9. Padlet Features (taken from Educational
Technology and Mobile Learning)
“ Padlet is very easy to use and has a user friendly interface.
• Padlet is web based and does not require any software installation.
• It allows you to easily add notes, text, images, videos, and drawings to your wall.
• You can also add word documents from computer to your Padlet wall.
• Padlet provides a wide variety of layouts to choose from.
• Padlet works across multiple devices including mobile phones.
• Any Padlet wall you create can be embedded into your blog or website.
• It enhances collaborative work. Multiple people can post to the same wall at the same time.
• Any Padlet wall can be exported in a variety of formats including, PDF, image, CSV, or Excel.
• Padlet is completely free.” (http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/07/teachers-guide-to-using-padlet-in-class.html)

10. What are experts saying about Padlet?
“The challenge of class participation and engagement will remain, so
continuing to seek out new ways to encourage involvement from all students
will be a necessity. Using Padlet in instruction has provided a non-threatening
space for the collection and curation of collaborative classroom work. All
students have the ability to contribute and learn from one another. All voices
can be heard on a graffiti wall, which is an idea that strikes right at the heart of
our profession.” (UKnowledge: “The Writing is on the Wall,” Beth Fuchs)

11. EdTech Review’s Elizabeth Halstead writes
“Nowadays group study is a common activity among students of every level.
Padlet is just like a cork board that allows the students to share their ideas with
each other. It will enable you to share your unique ideas in class or home group
research session with your friends and class fellows. Moreover, you and your
friends can share their researched ideas with everyone by placing it on the
Padlet wall. Once every student uploads their great ideas on the wall, then you
and your friends can discuss about on different ideas together.”

12. According to DIY Media Creation,
• “Padlet provides users with a free web-based “wall” to collaboratively, or
individually, create from a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless as
students add text, image, video, or other web-based resources to their wall
for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate their learning about a
topic, plan group projects, or engage in pre-writing brainstorming.” (By:
FIELDS, DEBORAH A., MAGNIFICO, ALECIA MARIE, LAMMERS,
JAYNE C., CURWOOD, JEN SCOTT, Journal of Adolescent & Adult
Literacy, 10813004, Sep2014, Vol. 58, Issue 1)