I’ve included 3 Padlet examples in this blog that I have created and shared to help other teachers come up with ideas to use Padlet. We’ve always used it for our Newsletter (if you don’t want to pay for SMORE). I started thinking of other ways to use it, and here are a few ways I have come up with!

First, I wanted to share what we have been doing in math using Padlet! If you have access to a computer lab or Chromebook, I recommend doing this with your students. It allows them to be creative, problem solvers, designers, and more. We worked in groups to create a classroom math Padlet. Although I took their videos down for the internet, they had to make a video for each problem they created. I left my videos on there for you to see. They had to write their problem (I edited them for you guys ;)) and then solve others’ problems.

Here’s the Padlet: https://padlet.com/emarshall321/5fco310kdjf9

Here’s how it worked:

Day 1: They came up with a group name (I did not tell them to do this; they all decided they wanted to do this on their own). Next, they created a problem with their group. The decided to use their teammates names in the problems, but I changed these also for privacy on the internet. After they created their problem, they made a video of themselves reading the problem. Since they all want to be YouTubers why not use that to your advantage? When they finished their video and were waiting for others, they could create more problems.

*My Padlet was password protected AND the student work had to be approved by me first before they would pop up on the Padlet.

Day 2: It was a centers day, so at my center, we solved the problems together. I was able to pick which problems I wanted each group to solve, so my lowest group, I could pick an easy, non-regrouping problem a group created to practice. For my highest group, I could pick challenging problems other students created for them to work on or was able to get through more problems and a variety of problems.

What’s Next?

Students will video themselves solving a problem. They’ll tell their answer and explain their answer as an exit ticket, and I will show some videos to the class to show different ways of solving a problem AND what it’s like to use words to share how you solve a problem. We will use this to practice agreeing or disagreeing respectfully.

Another way to use Padlet is for students to create a graphic organizer to remember topics or for you as the teacher to create organizers to explain information to students.

Here’s a Padlet for Parts of a Seed: https://padlet.com/emarshall321/y0vag5scnfe8

Here’s a KWL Padlet: https://padlet.com/emarshall321/kaqg14uvth37