Useful Ways to Use Padlet in the Classroom

I am fairly new to using Padlet this year. Don’t get me wrong. I have used it in the past, just on a regular basis. Until now. How do you use it in the classroom you ask? Well, let me tell you.

Chances are you have done all kinds of walkabout activities where students move around the room viewing, interpreting, or analyzing items you have placed on the wall (like a gallery walk). Students move around and place sticky notes full of comments and insights on the walls. Well, sometimes moving around the classroom is just not an option.

Enter Padlet

Padlet is your sticky note on steroids. It works with any device that has an internet connection. It can be used in the classroom, in distance learning, and even for a sub day. It is a very versatile tool for your classroom.

What can you use Padlet for?

Padlet can be used for so many things in the classroom. It is a freemium online tool that acts as a digital board (get this free student job digital bulletin board here). It can be used as a way students can keep notes, a way for teachers to leave sub plans, and a place for everyone to create projects.

Padlet allows work to be kept on one page. You can add links, images, typed text, and videos. You can have 5 Padlet boards for free. After that, you have to pay. However, you can delete a page and use your five freebies over and over again by clearing the board.

Ideas for using Padlet

Here are some creative ways to use Padlet in your classroom.

1. Living WebQuest – A traditional WebQuest has static pages with links to specific sites and questions that are set. A WebQuest on Padlet is a living, breathing document that can change, have details added to it, be collaborative, and have questions that are added continually as new content is placed on the Padlet. Example: Create a Padlet for DPN and have students add images, links, and documents. Then students can create their own questions.
2. Research – Individual students or groups of students can use the Padlet board to gather and share ideas, resources, and digital content (like for this research project). This will keep students from losing their papers. All of the work will be in one place. After the research process is complete, students can place their presentation on the Padlet and share it with the class. Example: Assign students the task of research Deaf artists and their artwork.
3. Substitute Lesson Plan – Use the Padlet as a place holder for all of your important documents your substitute teacher will need. Example: Get your editable Sub binder documents here and post them to the Padlet.
4. Create and Showcase – Use the Padlet as a way students can post their work for others to see and comment on. The work can be written text like an infographic or a video of the student signing. Example: Students can create an infographic on a Deaf culture topic of their choice. Students post the infographic on the Padlet. The teacher can share the Padlet with the staff or parents so everyone can learn about Deaf culture.
5. Classroom Documents – Padlet is a great place to put all of the necessary documents your classroom needs. Keep all of the work in one replace so it is easily accessible by students, parents, administration, and other team members. Example: Place your syllabus, I can statements, contact information, unit overviews, study material, and any other material your prime audience would need.

So much more

Padlet is a versatile online tool that can offer you so much more than these five ideas listed above. Do you use it in your classroom? We would love to know your favorite way to incorporate Padlet in your classroom.

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