Try using this very useful tool, Padlet, to collect student responses

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiea-QFwmeLN_ssrt7J8wkpR83EN0VbDyqTqy7p0MVstCBHhlC6BeJVpqOB3L22gSQdJRvU97nRgo_ToWMrXyIyn3q7bWSv1IFS0J0Lh91lY_aFZ_ii13ItAvAyh1G7CydAXwH8Ypllgr0/?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img alt="image" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiea-QFwmeLN_ssrt7J8wkpR83EN0VbDyqTqy7p0MVstCBHhlC6BeJVpqOB3L22gSQdJRvU97nRgo_ToWMrXyIyn3q7bWSv1IFS0J0Lh91lY_aFZ_ii13ItAvAyh1G7CydAXwH8Ypllgr0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="190" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the past I loved using Wallwisher for students to write responses to various questions in various lessons. The creators of Wallwisher recently felt that the name Wallwisher did not live up to their mission of having an online virtual surface that has all the benefits of being digital and the simplicity of a notepad. So the name was changed to Padlet (<a href="http://padlet.com/">http://padlet.com</a>) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Padlet can be described as an ‘<i>online graffiti wall where teachers and students can have discussions, share web links, post notices, collect feedback, or watch and share videos</i>’. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(</span><a href="http://classroom21.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Padlet" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://classroom21.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Padlet</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A teacher poses a question or thought on the padlet they have created, and students’ responses appear like little sticky notes scattered around on the padlet.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The biggest plus is that students do not need to sign in to write on the wall.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to create a Padlet for your class to write on (by Fiona Beal)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some step by step instructions to help you get started.</span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="389" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qxZvVSu_M-vuiRYB1UgM2C18gf5CxvFBI69XZOnQw1E/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="480"></iframe></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Great new features in  Padlet</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard Byrne on Free Technology for Teachers points out some great new features:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. You can moderate all notes before making them public</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. A new <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/03/padlet-streams-simple-way-to-create.html">group blog option was added</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Padlet offers an option to download the contents of your walls as PDFs, images, Excel, or CSV files. Once downloaded you can print the contents of your walls. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/padlet-wallwisher/ppckapbnfhikdajgehibjapcohbaomhd?hl=en-US">Padlet has a Chrome app too</a>.</span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How can a Padlet be used in a classroom setting?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. <u>Use Padlet for introductions</u><br />I recently used Padlet for students to introduce themselves and say what they are hoping to learn. It worked really well.  There are a myriad of uses for this application.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. <u>Use Padlet as a KWL chart</u><br />Ask students to share anonymously what they know and what they want to know about a topic.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. <u>Use Padlet for group research</u><br />Let the students add videos and notes about their research on a particular topic.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />4. <u>Use Padlet as a showcase of your students’ work</u><br />Let your students add links to their various online creations</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. <u>Use Padlet as a book review platform</u><br />Let students write their comments on a chapter they have read. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. <u>Use Padlet as a thankyou wall</u><br />Let your students thank speakers or a special teacher or anyone you choose to and email them the link. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact here are 32 ways to use Padlet in the classroom (started by Jen Hughes). This was created when Padlet was still called Wallwisher. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="429" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tJ9TjzQGGiVWjiSrW9RZJhTupqkVXPqPbFWle4ovHa4/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="533"></iframe></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try Padlet - you'll love its simplicity and versatility. </span></div>

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