Padlet- Online Virtual Bulletin Board,

Padlet is an online virtual bulletin board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location.
It's a great educational tool that you can use as a questions board where students can access a "questions" board 24/7 and anonymously post questions. You can then read off and answer the questions each day.
You can also use it when you want to summarize a large amount of information and present it in a visually pleasing way.
There are several ways where you can use Padlet to enrich your classroom experience and make it more interesting for students.
Below is the tutorial that I've created in the "Introduction to Educational Technology" course that I took last semester in the Educational Technology masters curriculum.

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