Allison McDonald asked "My science students are working on their Canva infographics this week. Is there an internal website where they could publish them so that they could see each other's work?" Here are some simple ways for you to get your students to publish their own work and share it with each other:
- Padlet
- Google Slides/Docs
- Google Classroom Stream
- FlipGrid
- Seesaw
Padlet
Padlet is a virtual bulletin board that you can create and have others post things on it. Here's an example of a student that posted their Canva project in 3 ways - a link, a JPG image, and a PDF.
Padlet is a virtual bulletin board that you can create and have others post things on it. Here's an example of a student that posted their Canva project in 3 ways - a link, a JPG image, and a PDF.
A lot of ACDS students are already familiar with this application. Here are some of the things I like about using Padlet:
It's easy and intuitive:
It's easy and intuitive:
- Customize the look and feel of each board
- Add posts with one click, copy-paste, or drag and drop
- Works the way your mind works - with sight, sound, and touch
- Changes are autosaved
- Simple link sharing allows for quick collaboration
- Invite others to contribute - signup not required
- Work with unlimited contributors
- Give read-only, writing, moderator, or admin access; revoke at any time
- Watch updates appear instantly across devices
- Allow comments and reactions
- Upload files from your computer, take a picture or video from your phone, or link from the web
- Post images, documents, videos, music, and files from Photoshop, Illustrator, Autocad, and more
- Embed content from anywhere on the web, including YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Vimeo, The New York Times, and 400 other apps
- Attached links and files will appear with a gorgeous contextual preview to give viewers a hint of what you’re showing them
- Available on iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), Android, and Kindle devices
- Posts appear instantly across devices
- Take photos and scan QR codes from within each app
Google Slides (or Doc) - Share Project Links
You can create a Google Slides (or Doc) and share it with your students, They can add links of their project to the document and their classmates can view it. This is only good for sharing links to projects, It doesn't allow students to easily comment on each other's work.If you decide to go this route, here are some things you should consider:
You can create a Google Slides (or Doc) and share it with your students, They can add links of their project to the document and their classmates can view it. This is only good for sharing links to projects, It doesn't allow students to easily comment on each other's work.If you decide to go this route, here are some things you should consider:
- Add a background to your Google Slides.
- Make sure you set the permissions so students can edit the document.
Google Classroom Stream - Share Project Links
You can create a post in Google Classroom Stream and ask students to add their projects as a comment. What I like about doing it this way is - It's fast to create and the student's name is automatically associated with the comment. This is only good for sharing links to projects, It doesn't allow students to easily comment on each other's work. And it's not especially visually appealing. Here's an example of what it might look like:
You can create a post in Google Classroom Stream and ask students to add their projects as a comment. What I like about doing it this way is - It's fast to create and the student's name is automatically associated with the comment. This is only good for sharing links to projects, It doesn't allow students to easily comment on each other's work. And it's not especially visually appealing. Here's an example of what it might look like:
FlipGrid - Share Video Projects
FlipGrid is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion platform. Did you know students can upload a video to your FlipGrid discussion? This would be a great way to share video projects. Classmates can watch each other's videos and add video comments. Here's a tutorial describing how FlipGrid Student to Student Replies work:
FlipGrid is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion platform. Did you know students can upload a video to your FlipGrid discussion? This would be a great way to share video projects. Classmates can watch each other's videos and add video comments. Here's a tutorial describing how FlipGrid Student to Student Replies work:
Seesaw
If your students use Seesaw, you can enable the blog feature. Seesaw Blogs give students an authentic audience of their classmates, families and others, encouraging better work and providing opportunities for real feedback. Seesaw blogs can be public on the Internet or password-protected. Teachers control whether or not student names or class folders are shown on the blog, and last names are always hidden. Teachers moderate all student posts before they go live on the blog. Blog comments can be enabled or disabled, and all blog comments require teacher approval. Here is more information on how to create a Seesaw Blog. What I like about Seesaw blogs is the fact that the teacher has tight control over what is posted, yet it's easy to manage. Another thing I like is the fact that kids can easily access the blog from within Seesaw.
If your students use Seesaw, you can enable the blog feature. Seesaw Blogs give students an authentic audience of their classmates, families and others, encouraging better work and providing opportunities for real feedback. Seesaw blogs can be public on the Internet or password-protected. Teachers control whether or not student names or class folders are shown on the blog, and last names are always hidden. Teachers moderate all student posts before they go live on the blog. Blog comments can be enabled or disabled, and all blog comments require teacher approval. Here is more information on how to create a Seesaw Blog. What I like about Seesaw blogs is the fact that the teacher has tight control over what is posted, yet it's easy to manage. Another thing I like is the fact that kids can easily access the blog from within Seesaw.