Julie+Terry-+Padlet


 * What: ** Padlet


 * Web address: **[|www.padlet.com]


 * Student’s Name: ** Julie Terry


 * Grade level(s): ** All grade levels - It might be a bit difficult with younger students who do not have typing skills or familiarity with using a computer/the internet


 * Content area(s): ** Any


 * Abstract: ** This website is basically an online poster that you can post "virtual sticky notes" on to. You do have to create an account and then set up a wall. After the wall is set up, anyone can post a response on it. This site used to be called Wallwisher. The wall can be embedded onto other websites or blogs so that others can respond. One can also upload a photo/image, link to a website, or add a video recording to their wall post too.

 Two other issues that I could see happening include a student editing/deleting someone else's posting. Anyone can edit the wall, so this may be a possibility. Also, if the student does not put their name onto their post, it will be difficult to find out which student was adding to the discussion as students do not have their own login information.  Overall, I think there are a lot of positive possibilities that can be done with padlet and I can't wait to begin using it in the fall!
 * Personal Experience: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> My experience with using this tool with my students is pretty limited, as I have just found this out after school is out for the summer. As I was investigating what type of tech tool I wanted to do for this assignment, I came across this. As I clicked on it, I realized that I have heard of the site by it's previous name. I even played around with it using a colleague's account. I think the options for use in the classroom are endless. The wall is super easy to start up and there are backgrounds and "wall papers" you can set up. I plan on embedding this onto my class website so students can use the virtual wall a lot next year! During my playing around, I noticed that several teachers used this tool for reading response type activities. I can see this working well for a book club. The students can post their ideas about their book as they read and then come together to discuss them. This can also be used for brainstorming/previewing new content type activities as well as summarizing what was learned/exit ticket activities. My only issue is that I wish I had more computers in my classroom so the students could interact with the wall on a more frequent basis.