What you could do with a Padlet

 Dena Mazur (SUES 4th grade) mentioned she was using Padlet and kindly offered to share her ideas:

Every Wednesday, students practice their opinion writing and citing evidence using a "Would you rather" prompt. The students use Padlet to share their thoughts. They especially love adding drawings and images. 

Students are held accountable for their independent reading using Padlet. Each week, I post question choices for the students to respond to by citing evidence. This is a truer measure of "actual reading" than a log. 

While I loved Padlet (when it was free), you might find the 3 sites free version confining.  You might consider Wakelet- while it doesn’t have the exact layout of Padlet, it does have many of the same features. (As an aside, Wakelet does integrate with FlipGrid which is not approved in the district).