Review of the App Padlet

 Padlet is a online whiteboard where students can collaborate in class.  They can share ideas, pictures, videos, links, text, etc. in real time. Students can comment on each other’s work or reply to another student.  

Padlet is great for group projects.  In each group, students have the ability to add their own ideas, as well as contribute to another student’s work/ideas. As one student adds an image or text, it may prompt another student to add to that idea or create another - almost like the domino effect.  Also, working together, students can bounce ideas off one another.

Since padlet is not limited to text, images and videos can be added.  It’s proven that people tend to have better recall when images are used.  Students can learn from one another, become engaged in learning, and learn to work together.

In the classroom, the teacher can add a topic in a whiteboard and students can collaborate.  For example, before a new lesson on Rainforests, the teacher can have students create a whiteboard of everything they know about rainforests.  Or students can work on a group project about the water cycle or animal habitats.