Padlet Review Week 5

This week I am reviewing Padlet.  I love using Padlet to share students' work and ideas with other students, parents and teachers.  

I really appreciate how customizable Padlet is.   Teachers can change the background to things like music, or books.  But they can also be more interactive like timelines and maps where students can post things on different parts of a map.  Anyone who has the Padlet link may post to the Padlet.  They can add text, videos or pictures and people can see when it is posted in real time.  

I have used this in the past in many ways.  For example, during poetry month, students wroke Haiku's on a Google slide and we shared that to a Padlet.  I have also used it as an exit ticket where students had to share one thing they learned from a lesson and post it.  I have also used it for creative projects and shared it with parents which was very simple as all their work was already in one place and I just shared the link.  I found that students really love seeing each other's work and it is a way to facilitate discussion among students.  

The only downside is that you can only have 3 Padlets per account at a time so is better if schools purchase a subscription.  

Overall, I highly recommend Padlet.  It does take time to teach students how to use it (especially younger ones) but once they get the hang of it, they can post independently.