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Padlet

Materials required
Implementation procedure
Strategy in practice

  • Devices (computer, tablet, or mobile)

  • Internet connection

  1. Navigate to Padlet.com. With the click of a button, you’ll be taken to your own “padlet,” or digital canvas.

  2. Author your topic or question at the top and make any other design modifications to the Padlet you wish (like adding a background).

  3. When you create the Padlet, you will have a unique URL to that site. Post the link to your class so they know the URL to navigate to.

College professor David has created a blended learning environment that mixes digital and in-person learning. While all of his lectures are in person, he hosts each week an online discussion about the course readings and finds the conversation to be thriving. Wanting to tap into the comfort his students demonstrated with tech-based conversations, David introduced Padlet.

Things to keep in mind

  • Cost: free and paid options, depending on desired features

  • Pros

    • Highly intuitive and quick to set up.

    • Minimal tech savvy (and time!) required.

    • Multiple media types accepted (audio, video, text).

    • Allows for lengthier responses than most other tech tools listed here.

  • Cons

    • Not suited for questions with limited responses - like those that require a one- or two-word answer - or scenarios where you intend to ask a series of questions. We recommend a tool like Socrative, Poll Everywhere, or Quiz Socket for that.

In a recent example, David created a Padlet titled “Mood Meter” and uploaded a four-quadrant background to the canvas, each comprising a different category of feelings (pleasant and unpleasant) and energy (low and high). David posted the link to the Padlet on his class slides and asked students to navigate to the link. David sent a note to the class a day earlier that they should bring their laptops if possible. Most of his students brought their laptops to class anyway, so accessibility wasn’t an issue, but he also created a paper version and posted it in the front of class for students who didn’t have a device or preferred that format. On the Padlet (or on the paper version), students placed a note reflecting where amid the four quadrants they were at that moment and a brief sentence why.

 

David thinks the anonymity that Padlet affords makes this a comfortable exercise for students and a low-barrier way to introduce the concept of emotional intelligence.

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