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Padlet tech reflection

I LOVE PADLET!
I've been using padlet for a long time now (7 years?).  Kids really love it and I like the different formats that students can use to show their learning.  I actually created a padlet this summer to use with my teachers as a way to post book suggestions and questions to ask students for reading when it comes to building a more diverse classroom library (and school library too).  The idea was that we all know a little, but if we put it all together it could be a great resource to increase the equity literacy in our school.   I've also used padlet as way for students to group brainstorm ideas.  Once all ideas were in the padlet, they could start organizing the posts into main ideas.  
Padlet is great for a variety of learners because of the different modalities that are offered.  Students that have a hard time putting words down on "paper" can video or audio record their ideas.  Students who are more visual can draw or add images or even gifs.  It is an engaging tool that kids like to use.  That in itself can be huge for learning!  
I used the canvas template to make my Not So Average Learner Profile.  I did this because I could arrange the posts in a way similar to a mind map.  I like using this type of visual for something like a jagged profile because the idea isn't linear.  People are complex and have random connections.  This type of template allows for these types of connections to become visible.  I love that padlet has added different templates to use for ideas.  This has been a great improvement on the tool since I started using it.  
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