Friday, March 8, 2013

Padlet (Wallwisher)

Looking for a simple, and easy place to post pictures, videos, or comments? Padlet is FREE web tool.
Here are some possible uses:
Art: Students can upload images in one location for storage and peer review.
English: Vocabulary word of the day posts, gather images to show character or POV for a piece of literature.
Social Studies: Brainstorm periods of history in class (tablets, laptops) in real time .
Government: Post a current event and create a discussion to be done outside of class, have students find political cartoons that correlate to the theme of the day.
Foreign Language: Word of the day to be used in a sentence, post sentence or poem to be translated.
Math: Extra credit word problems, upload helpful videos for homework, extra credit 1 page paper ideas like who is considered the father of calculus and why?
Science: Student collaboration of ideas on images and themes for their rollarcoaster project, Extra credit homework questions, post real-life scenarios of crime labs and ask for comments.
Health: Gather images, words, and videos showcasing an addiction.
Finance/Business: Students list the positives and negatives of opening a CD vs a savings account, make lists of what was bought for 1 month along with the cost.

There is so much more you can do with this site! Stop in to the library and let's begin!

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