Community reviews for Padlet

This product is a good tool to use as an in-class discussion board. Students can access the link from an electronic device at their seats and share information with the entire class that is visible for all students in the class to copy down. One problem with the app is that it is not completely compatible to mobile devices. Students can use their mobile device but they do not have all the capabilities to navigate the board as one would on a desktop.

I think Padlet could be a great tool to help students organize their ideas during the drafting and revision process. For example, students could each create their own Padlet board where they could use each notecard to post key ideas and details from a text. They could use the drag-and-drop feature to move around each card, sorting out and grouping related facts and text details to help them further their analysis and articulate claims. As they outline their body paragraphs (reasons and evidence), they can always move any cards to a different group as their thinking changes or they see a better place for certain facts or details. If students don't create the board --I have always created and shared my Padlet board with students, and I have not yet experimented with having students create and share their own boards -- they can only move around their own notes, and they can't move around the notes put up by other students. Since one of the most valuable features is the drag-and-drop aspect, which allows students to think critically about how they might categorize and organize ALL of the ideas and information on the board (rather than solely their own note card), I would experiment more with student-generated boards so that they can move around ALL the note cards. Padlet boards are an extremely useful tool for group work and collaboration. Students can each be in charge of posting about a different aspect for a group assignment, and then they can come back together to look over and discuss their individual note card posts to synthesize and publish their work as a group.

Padlet is a fantastic tool for classrooms because it encourages collaboration and interaction in an easy to use online environment. Students can share a variety of resources to the Padlet wall, and can easily access it (as long as it exists!) through the link. Definitely try Padlet in your classroom!

I would say that this is more of a customized organizational tool. Instead of having multiple documents, images, videos, etc scattered all over the place (bookmarked, save to drive, downloads, etc), students have a neat place to save everything including their own personal voice notes. I like how the students can share their padlets easily with each other.

Padlet is a fantastic assessment tool. Because you can post your own background and set up your own template, Padlet could easily become a KWL, a before and after assessment opportunity, a sorting tool (think parts of speech or types of angles), a word wall, a project collection portal, and so much more. The opportunities are as open as your imagination. Students like seeing the different backgrounds and they also like being able to refer back to the posts that were created in class to continue learning from. Your lower level students can input from their ability level and your higher level students can go as far as they would like. It is an easy, comfortable tool that all learners can engage with.

This is the perfect tool for fostering discussion and collaboration. As Marshall McLuhen once stated, "the medium is the message." This tool provides students with options on how they demonstrate their understanding of a topic, discussion question or assignment. The tool is extremely easy to use for both teachers and students. I also like that this tool is device agnostic, meaning it can be used across multiple platforms. Sharing your Padlet can be a little challenging in mobile environments. You can customize your URL, but the site does not provide you a QR Code to share with students. This would be a nice add.

What I love about Padlet is that it allows me to maintain classroom control without sacrificing the benefits of some traditional activities. While kinesthetic activities (carousels, four-corners, step-on-the-line) are fabulous for mid-size classes with attentive students, large classes and easily distracted students may find such activities less effective. With padlet, I can simulate these activities in a digital environment by uploading my own graphic organizers or visuals as the wall background, and students post in those places just as they would go to certain locations in the classroom. In real-time, the tool of moderating comments is less helpful than one might think; I usually turn that off and give students stern warnings about posting inappropriate comments. Taking the time to moderate comments usually detracts from the entire process and slows it down, negating the benefits this excellent tool offers.

This is a fun way to change up responses to a lesson.

I appreciate the flexibility that Padlet offers as a information gathering tool. The "click and type" or "click and link" format of Padlet allows students to become quickly independent on the program, and cuts down on losing the kids from the start. In addition the slimmed down visual format of padlet is a plus; it gives students a limited number of options of backgrounds and layouts which cuts down on start up time. I found that using Padlet on iPad minis allowed my students to have greater control over the photos and videos they included since they could easily pull from the Photos of the mini. It is a great information gathering tool, and would encourage students to write on topics and share information with their peers in a new and novel format.

Padlet is great for so many things, such as starting a conversation, sharing opinions, responding to a question and much more. I like how quick and easy it is to get started (and the fact that it's free). The element that I like the most is the fact that I can engage all students with Padlet. I'm able to quickly gather an entire classroom full of responses rather than a few.