4.3 Activity 2: Challenge Yourself
Completion requirements
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Use your Participant Booklet to complete the activities in this module.
1. Set the learning intention of your activity and choose the appropriate tool.
2. Complete the tasks of your chosen tool to understand how to use it.
3. How would you use it in class? Give examples of activities you could adapt or moments you could integrate this tool.
Note: You can always complete more than one challenge. You will have access to all these resources as long as the online course is available.
Padlet
1. Watch this video about Padlet.
- Tutorial
2. Read these texts about Padlet.
- Text 1: Padlet tour: https://padlet.com/support/tour
- Q&A Padlets: https://jn.padlet.com/category/8-walls
3. Follow these steps to start using Padlet.
- Click
on Sign up to create an account. The free version offers 3 word walls
but you can delete then when you finished using them and create a new
one. You can also include much information in a single one.
- Create a new Padlet by choosing a template or a blank page to set up your word wall.
- In the settings tool
, follow each step to customize your Padlet: Title, description, wallpaper, font style, icon, etc. - At
the bottom of this customizing tool, you can even change the web
address of the Padlet to make it more meaningful to collaborators.
Here's an example:
- When
it's ready, select the sharing option you wish to use. If you only want
your students to access the Padlet, select the option "Secret" and give
them the URL address so they access it from their device. Also decide
if visitors can read, write or edit.
- Share the address of your Padlet.
4. Create an activity you could use with your students and explain it in your Participant Booklet.
- Level of the students
- Model or example presented
- Technology needed
- Learning intention
- Phase of the pedagogical act
- Competency developed
Note:
If you wish to earn a badge for this module, you only need to send a
text and model or example. However, if you wish to try it out in class,
go ahead!
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Extra information:
- Getting Started With Padlet Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRr8FOY5p0
- A Padlet on Educational Ways to Use Padlet: https://padlet.com/lkarpiuk/iheartedtechpadlet
- Padlet Instruction Manual: https://pdst.ie/sites/default/files/Padlet%20Instructions.pdf