![]() FEIT have funded a ‘Padlet Backpack’ licence out of their faculty’s learning and teaching grant funding, and have kindly opened up the Backpack licence to the wider University via Educational Innovation. ![]() Its ease of use, ability to work both synchronously and asynchronously, makes it a great choice for mind mapping for students.The Education Innovation team has recently been given the chance to offer University of Sydney staff an unlimited Padlet account until the end of 2019, thanks to colleagues in the Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT). Padlet’s Canvas format is an amazing way to help students to see the relationship between ideas while offering the unique opportunity for students to work collaboratively across settings and devices. Mind maps have many applications in education including collaborative brainstorming, group discussion, planning before writing, note taking, organizing ideas, outlining and summarizing concepts. Options to share on an iPad.Įxporting the Padlet into an Excel spreadsheet shows teachers who wrote each post, what the author wrote, links to attachments, and when the post(s) was created or updated. At the bottom of the Canvas on an iPad, is a “Share arrow” on the web you have a Share option.Įach of these will allow you to select an export destination: Save/export as an image, export as a PDF, embed code, QR code, view as a link or save as a note in Google Keep. Photo library images or camera pictures can be added to effectively communicate ideas while aiding in the recalling of information. Students have the ability to add multimedia to posts that pull from online resources: Drive, OneDrive and also by adding web links. You also have the option to label your connections. Canvas will then connect the two sticky notes with an arrow. To connect two notes, tap the three dots in the upper right corner of the main note and select the option to “connect to a post” you will then be asked which post to connect to. Sticky notes can be color coded to show how elements of the map are related to the central concept. In Canvas, branches are added by creating a second sticky note. Main ideas are then connected directly to the central concept, supporting ideas branch out from those. To do so, simply tap or click anywhere now you have created a virtual sticky note and your central concept. Once you’ve selected your settings, you can begin creating your first mind map. Choose the Canvas format for your new Padlet wall and you’re ready to begin. Once in the main Padlet Dashboard, select Make a Padlet (online version) or New Padlet in the app. Students do not need an account to access a Padlet created by their teacher. Users without a Google account can create an account directly through Padlet. U sers with Google accounts can log in directly to the website or iPad app without having to set up new login. Canvas gives students a way to visually represent their thinking while providing teachers insight into a student’s understanding of a specific concept or idea. The Canvas format enables teachers and students to work collaboratively across devices and settings while helping learners to see relationships between concepts. Recently, I’ve begun to use Canvas as my “go to” mind-mapping tool. Users create visual connections among concepts, facts, and thoughts while providing a way to organize and synthesize information. ![]() A mind-mapping format called Canvas provides the opportunity to move sticky notes to facilitate the creation of mind maps. Padlet’s formats allow for a more customized experience for users. When using Padlet, users can display information in a wide variety of file types, including: links to Google Docs, display images of student work, text, audio reflections, and videos from the camera roll or YouTube. As a synchronous learning environment, Padlet supports interaction, sharing, and collaboration in real-time or as an asynchronous learning environment allowing students to learn at their own pace and time. ![]() Want to learn more from Rosey? Follow her on Twitter as a web-based tool or an iPad application, Padlet allows teachers and students to create virtual bulletin boards where collaboration, reflection, publishing and sharing of information can occur.
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