Url: https://padlet.com

Age recommendations: Year 2 and higher

Cost: Free - with options to upgrade for security

Accessibility: An Web 2.0 tool accessible in all browsers and an iOS application for use on Apple iPads.

Description: This resource is an interactive online pinboard that allows students to share images, voice recordings, documents, hyperlinks, videos, drawings and text.

Curriculum Connections: ICT general capabilities: Creating with ICT Level 3.

“Students use ICT to generate ideas and plan solution” (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014)

 

Critique: Online collaboration tools such as Padlet that promote student collaboration and reflection have been shown to enhance cognitive thinking and comprehension (Malloon and Bernsten, 2015). Padlet’s simple format is easy to use on most digital devices as students only have to access the wall URL and they can view other’s ideas and then double tap to expand on them or add their own ideas and opinions. Walls can also be saved for later use and copies taken for further reference. Padlet can be used in classrooms to teach students to generate ideas in response to a reading task by sharing their ideas, opinions and findings with their class or working group and then reorganising the ideas into a sequential and useful format (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014).

 

References

 

Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014). Information and Communication Technology General Capability (ICT) Continuum. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/generalcapabilities/information-and-communication-technology-capability/continuum#layout=columns

 

Mallon, M., & Bernsten, S. (2015). Collaborative Learning Technologies. Tips and Trends. ACRL Instruction Section, Instructional Technologies Committee, Winter. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/tipsandtrends/winter2015.pdf