Padlet - YAY no more stickies.

Padlet

No more stickies. Instead, use a living breathing bulletin board to gather and share your ideas. 

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Padlet is an online application that can be used on mobile devices, PDAs and Laptops. Typically, users create a Padlet (which is very similar to a bulletin board) to collect ideas and brainstorm. Users can upload links, images, videos, and much more meaning that there is a real creative element to using it aaaaaand you can add to the board whenever you want or remove and edit boards if/when needed 😼

By now I figure you have realised that I am a BIG fan of Padlet. If not, here it is spelled out:

I 💗 PADLET

Instead of making and embedding a Padlet for this blog, I am (with full permission) embedding one I am actually using for group work at the moment. 

As part of one of my core modules for my MA in research, we have to do a group poster on rigor in qualitative research. I heart Padlet so much that I recommended to our group that we use it to keep each other up-to-date with what we are doing for the project. As can be seen, we share core readings and plan what we will say in the presentation - So I really think it is a great way to ensure we streamline the presentation and know what each other are doing. 

I think this is the real beauty of Padlet - it can be introduced by teachers/trainers in class and then students/ trainees with the knowledge of how to use can take it upon themselves to start/ use Padlet whenever they like. Also, you can export the page to a PDF and submit as documentation of your work/ group work. 

In the teacher training context, it can be really useful for sharing teacher reflections on observed lessons - encouraging collaboration and dialogue among trainees.

This, I feel, could open trainees up to seeing things from other perspectives and thus promote learning. 

 THE BEST AND WORST

The worst thing about Padlet is you can only have three boards before you have to pay to upgrade - you can delete the boards and start a new one but you only have three at a time (if you do do this remember as I said above to download the board first as a pdf so you have a record). 

The best thing about Padlet is that is it is free to use and so simple I believe students will continue to use waaaay after the first time it was introduced - meaning it really can encourage autonomy. 

Thanks for reading 👋
Logo's taken directly from Padlet 
Images by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay