My task was to create a padlet in a group work (3) about a self-chosen topic. My group chose the topic ‘Migration‘. The teacher gave us the possibility to narrow down the topic to a local level, e.g. migration in Turkey, so some of the group members decided to find information for a region, others talked about the topic from a wider angle. Our teacher wanted us to create a KWL chart on our padlet including a list of ‘WHAT WE KNOW, so our basic knowledge about the topic without researching on the internet, ‘WANT TO KNOW‘, at least three questions we ask ourselves in the research process and we assume to answer and ‘WHAT WE LEARNED‘, the answers to our questions after we research on the internet. We were also able to support our topic and the given information with links to other websites, videos, visuals, or other sources we might find helpful in our research process.
The task was easy to understand and padlet is a great and easy manageable tool. It offers great templates to give your padlet a personal touch and gives you the possibility to change the whole set as well as upload your own pictures as a background or as topic support, divide the posts into different colors to connect related information, links and videos are easy to embed, which is great for me because I often struggle to link my sources according to the given instructions if the tool doesn’t show me an easy approach to it. In my opinion, padlet can be used with any age group and it is a great way to gather information about a specific topic especially when it comes to group or classwork.
I'm still in the process of learning how to learn and teach through and with websites and how to use them successfully. The course 'Educational Technologies' showed and shows us that technology should contribute to the lesson, especially because the technology century is growing and growing day by day. Technology shouldn't be seen as a threat or a distraction. We can use it as a support in our learning process to gain new information and to learn how to work with technology. It's important to use websites and tools like Padlet or creating podcasts and blog posts, digital stories, etc. in classes if we want to integrate technology in the right and most successful way.
And even if some people might not want to admit it, technology can make your life easier in many ways.
Here is the link to our padlet, if you would like to have a look: PADLET
Have you used ‚Padlet‘ before? If yes, what are your thoughts about it? Let me know what you think about the tool in the comments below!
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