IMOOC Discussion Forum Answer

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Priska Pramastiwi
What is Padlet?
Padlet is basically like an online pad, where you can post audio, video, pictures, links
and documents to share to anyone with access to the pad. Likewise, anyone with the
link to your Padlet can post their ideas by typing or adding resources of their own.
They can also comment on existing posts on the pad for collaboration.
Features of Padlet
The features of Padlet to facilitate autonomous learning are:
1. Use Padlet distribute
different formats of media
(sound, video, link, picture
and documents) to students.
When you need to assign
certain students to access
different materials from
others, you can lead them to
a separate Padlet.
2. There is a comment section
for students to comment on
your posts or those from
others.
3. Students can be given
authority to write or post
materials on the pad. For
example, you give them an
introductory question to
discuss. They then can type
their answer individually on
the pad. Next, they can be
asked to comment on the
answers of other students.

2. 4. Students can be given access
to edit their posts or those of
their friends. You can also
give them restricted access,
e.g. they can only read and
not post anything.
5. To minimize inappropriate
comments or posts, you can
moderate the posts from
your students. If you think
their materials/ comments
are acceptable, you can allow
it to appear on the Pad.
6. The posts can be designed to
fit different arrangements for
easier viewing. By default,
students posts are placed
randomly, which may incur
one post overlapping
another. Instead, you could
use Grid or Stream to arrange
the posts in an orderly
fashion.
How to use Padlet in my classroom?
1. You can have students react to a picture that you post. For example, I posted
a bar graph, and asked students to report the main idea they could get from
the graph. Link to Padlet: https://padlet.com/priskapram/1kvbperqbjan
2. For a jigsaw reading activity you can assign students to read different parts of
a text and exchange information using a collaborative writing forum like
Etherpad (http://etherpad.org) or Google Docs. Here I put students into
pairs and gave each pair a separate Padlet. In each Padlet there are different
reading texts for each member to read. There is also a link to an online
writing space for them to cooperatively share information from their
individual reading texts to answer the comprehension questions together.
Link to Padlet: https://padlet.com/priskapram/3ilabgkz97n3

3. Are there any drawbacks to using Padlet?
1. The Padlet link is long and hard for students to copy if you project it via LCD.
It is better to shorten the link by using sites like https://bitly.com
2. The recent posts appear at the top by default, so the teachers’ question
posted at the beginning gets pushed down to the end.
3. It is easy to forget to give students access to edit their posts. Therefore, when
students want to retype their answers, they need to make a new post, filling
the pad with redundant answers.
4. It is at times confusing for students to see many posts popping up at once
during a discussion, especially when they are in the middle of typing.