What is Padlet?
Full-time Faculty
Honored for
Excellence!
By Dorothy Minor
Associate Professor
Liberal Arts
Northeast Campus
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced its 2013 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning at the annual conference in Chicago. To be named to the 2013 Best
Websites for Teaching & Learning, the sites must
“foster the qualities of innovation, creativity,
active participation, and collaboration. They are
free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and
encourage a community of learners to explore
and discover.” In the 2013 list, Padlet is included
with sites such as Flipsnack, Pinterest, and WorkFlowy.
Padlet is free and does encourage “innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.” Padlet, an online bulletin board, allows
users to add notes, videos, images, documents,
questions, and/or comments onto the wall. Think
of Padlet as a blank wall where users can add
whatever they like. Users may create as many
walls as they like.
Congratulations to
(Pictured from left)
Terry McDevitt
Carolyn Bednar
Mark Swanson
Francoise Sullivan
Dr. Allen Culpepper
Lu Ann Thompson
Fran French
Ease of use is a Padlet hallmark. Users can
simply drag and drop documents and images
from the desktop, copy and paste links to Websites or videos, and type their own notes. Collaboration is also easy by sending the link to other
users, or share the link through various social
media.
Once the wall is established and users
have access to it through the URL, they can begin
posting images, pictures, documents, videos, and
text. All users see the changes immediately; the
page does not need to reload or refresh, so communication is instant. The user who sets up the
wall can invite participants, limiting the access to
the wall to invitees only, or make the wall public
and open to others.
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Users can customize the wall so it looks
like a cork bulletin board, or choose from a variety of other backgrounds or wall paper. Padlet
also allows the users to upload their own pictures
to create a unique background. The layout of
the added objects such as the notes, videos, and
documents is flexible. Leave the items in freeform on the wall or use the new stream feature to
create an organizational pattern.
room. Padlet lends itself to group discussions.
After giving a lecture, the teacher can post a
few questions based on the lecture, give students the URL, and have them post responses.
The teacher can then gauge what students have
learned and what may still be confusing. Use
Padlet as an exit ticket to discover if students
have questions about the day’s work. As the
one who set up the wall, the teacher can switch
on “moderate” so students cannot see each other’s posts. Students can post individual work or
groups can post work on Padlet walls to display an assignment. Other uses include gathering feedback from individuals, share successes
on a task completed, and write book reviews
or reviews of scholarly articles and/or Websites. Padlet offers a multitude of advantages to
teachers and students. Access the Web 2.0 tool
at padlet.com and start creating.
Padlet is available on phones, tablets,
TV, and desktop computers. The Padlet creators
are amusing; on the site, Padlet is advertised as
“Mobile: your phone, your tablet, your TV, your
fridge—Padlet works on everything (Note: may
not work on the fridge).” Users can embed the
Padlet wall into a blog or Website such as Blackboard.
Some uses for Padlet include the following
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