Presenting Padlet A Journey in Education and Technology

Presenting Padlet A Journey in Education and Technology…

About this session… • Visionary, radical, revolutionary transformations of learning paradigms • A somewhat tenuous and rambling allegory vaguely linking e-learning to cricket • Some nice ideas • An end to your Christmas present anguish misery nightmares

What is Padlet? • A simple means of presenting and sharing ideas from different contributors; a ‘thought wall’ • The link to the thought wall can be pasted into blackboard, Power. Point etc. • It’s free – my favourite price • Did I mention that it’s simple to use? • Er…that’s about it.

Why simple is important… The impact of technology on education delivery remains sub-optimal, because we may overestimate the digital skills of both teachers and students, because of naïve policy design and implementation strategies, because of a poor understanding of pedagogy, or because of the generally poor quality of educational software and courseware. (OECD, 2015, p 6, cited in Machin et al 2016)

Organising information • Pechakucha presentations

Cross group sharing

Old school…

My first Padlet. . . (now for that tenuous link to cricket…) My first innings as analysed by Cricket Key Performance indicators (CKPIs) 1 Platinum duck – out first ball of a series 2 Royal duck (a. k. a. Diamond duck) – out first ball of a match 3 Diamond duck – out without facing a ball 4 Golden duck – out first ball of your innings 5 Silver duck – out for 0, second ball 6 Bronze duck – out for 0, third ball 7 Duck – out for 0, any other ball 8 1 -49 runs 9 Half century - 50 runs 10 Century (‘tonne’) – 100 runs

My first Padlet. . . (now for that tenuous link to cricket…) My first innings as analysed by Cricket Key Performance indicators (CKPIs) Duncan 1 Platinum duck – out first ball of a series Hindmarch (GBR) 2 Royal duck (a. k. a. Diamond duck) – out first ball of a match New Personal Best 3 Diamond duck – out(PB) without facing a ball 4 Golden duck – out first ball of your innings 5 Silver duck – out for 0 second ball 6 Bronze duck – out for 0 third ball 7 Duck – out for 0 any other ball 8 1 -49 runs = 8/10 9 Half century - 50 runs 10 Century (‘tonne’) – 100 runs

Sorry I drifted a bit there and now I’m totally lost – what’s that got to do with Padlet, technology and what not? • Students appreciate you trying something new • Students get a good laugh at you trying and failing; puts them at ease for when they have to use the technology • Models using new technology to your students; encourages them to try new approaches • Moderate your initial expectations • Start with low stakes – if technology doesn’t go to plan the lesson goes on • Change takes time, failure, reflection and resilience

Some future ideas • Leave Padlet open during class for end of session questions/reflections • Video presentations and comments • Use as ideas/presentation board for international collaborations • Open for comments about areas to cover in future sessions, student feedback etc • Score an undefeated century

Now over to you… Do you sit back and do just the same next year Or think… What is going to be MY education technology P. B. ?

Featuring a new, expertly written and enlightening chapter on education technology and all that sort of thing… Only 170 shopping days until Christmas!!! And hello to Jason Isaacs

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