The EdTech in Action PD series provides a chance for you to explore and engage with technology while learning how to support your students. Each session introduces a new edtech tool and presents two replicable edtech routines that you can adapt for your classroom or for administrative use to build students' digital skills. In this fourth session, we will learn about using Padlet as a creative tool—not just for the classroom, but for program-wide information sharing as well.
- Any instructor, administrator, or staff member looking to integrate a creative tool for classroom and administrative use, or to learn about edtech routines
This professional development activity/course is designed for:
Are you looking to support learner reflection using digital tools? Are you looking to create a virtual bulletin board that can be shared with a single link? Are you looking to do all this and more in ways that build students’ confidence using tech tools that they will continue to encounter throughout their education and career? Join this EdTech in Action workshop on creation with Padlet, which will equip you with the skills and knowledge to leverage Padlet in unique, convenient, and routine-based ways to create high-quality digital spaces for your adult learners. You will also have the opportunity to test out one of the Padlet routines during the session to model this practice and prepare to implement it. The strategies you learn will apply to several visual collaboration tools, so don’t hesitate to sign up if you are not a Padlet user!
Using World Education’s EdTech Integration Strategy Toolkit as a guide, the four-part EdTech in Action learning series explores practical edtech routines for adult educators and program administrators. Each session focuses on a specific edtech tool, demonstrating two key routines—one instructional and one programmatic—for its effective use. Participants will learn to identify the tool's potential, apply foundational skills to implement demonstrated routines, and adapt strategies to meet their program's unique needs.
Format & Requirements: This course consists of one synchronous, online session of 1.5 hours, with additional asynchronous work totaling around one hour. The estimated time to complete the entire course is 2.5 hours.
- Part 1: Independent activities in Canvas* (1/5/27–1/12/27)
- Part 2: Virtual session on Zoom (1/12/27, 1–2:30 p.m.)
- Part 3: Independent activities in Canvas (1/12/27–1/26/27)
*Registration for this event remains open until the day of the virtual session on Zoom (1/12/27). The pre-work in Canvas should take no more than 30 minutes to complete.
Access & Support: You will receive instructions for accessing the synchronous session via Zoom and course materials in Canvas from Lucy Burriss. If you need technical assistance to access the course or its features, please contact Lucy at lucy.burriss@jsi.org.
- Describe the basic features of Padlet and how they can be utilized in an adult education context, both in the classroom and program-wide
- Analyze different classroom and programmatic applications of Padlet and decide which will be most effective in your professional context
- Experiment with one Padlet edtech routine and evaluate how you could use and adapt this in your work
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
United States
