Padlet

Thanks to the few that attended our first Tech-in-20 session this week. We quickly reviewed the online sticky-note tool called Padlet.

Here are some of our notes from the session:

A few examples:

• Brainstorming ideas - http://padlet.com/wall/socialmedia7L http://padlet.com/wall/6jnetiquette
• Vocabulary - http://padlet.com/wall/1rbmyjr47x
• Collecting resources - http://padlet.com/wall/2scfnhq2j5
• Displaying work - http://padlet.com/wall/ucc6-7photography
• Weekly planner - http://padlet.com/wall/PadCal (organize greeters or class announcers?)
• Managing projects - http://padlet.com/wall/kanban_wall

Try it by posting on a padlet:

http://padlet.com/wall/ucctechin20 - use this padlet to post ideas for other tech in 20 sessions

Creating your own account:

• Go to padlet.com
• Click green “Login or Signup” in top right
• Choose red “Login with Google” button - grant access
• Create a new wall
• modify wall properties with the gear on the right side
• title
• description
• wallpaper
• layout - freeform vs streamed
• privacy (generally, hidden link works well)
• moderate posts - turn this on if you are making your padlet public
• notifications
• address - customize this if you want the url to be something familiar for sharing with your class

The Padlet Blog is a good source of ideas too!

 

Introducing Tech in 20

When forming our ICT Philosophy, teachers requested a variety of PD. Since many people are available from 12:10-12:30, we are introducing Tech in 20 - learn new ICT tools and techniques in just 20 minutes!

We will support a variety of tools for either the laptop, iPad or both.

Every Tuesday from 12:10-12:30 in the library back room.

On Tuesday, October 29th we'll start with an introduction to Padlet. 

Padlet (formerly known as Wallwisher) is a collaborative tool that organizes ideas on a wall (like sticky notes). It can be used for brainstorming, sharing, planning etc. You and your students can post text, photos, videos and then organize them as you see fit. Click here to see several examples of how it can be used.

See below for other upcoming Tech in 20 sessions!