Diet Padlet

Notes get posted on top of one other, and depending on the length of the note, the font size is different in each box. Trying to navigate through other student's responses amounts to what appears to be only a cute idea, but not a functional way to hold a discussion or brainstorm. I understand the concept of the program; post-it notes are well loved in the educational community. Translating this idea into technology in theory elevates the physical classroom post-it notes to a higher level of technological integration. In practice, this of course does not work, unless the developers create better functionality for the placement of notes, limiting spaces and regulating text size (perhaps with a scroll bar incorporated). If, as a teacher, my students put physical post-it notes on top of each other in a class exercise, the frustration I'd feel peeling each individual post-it note off of the others is the same frustration I feel with this program.

I was very pleased with this experience with students. Each student was able to share his/her connection in a format that they selected (image, quote, video, text). I really liked that the class was all operating in a group and it was easy for me to access the lino boards to grade. The only thing that I wish was possible was to comment on each sticky or to extend discussion on the sticky notes. I don't know if this is within the capacity of the app, because a sticky note should only be so big!

Great in theory, but there are other apps that perhaps do a better job.