tragedy and success!!!

Yesterday I learned something I already knew but had forgotten. It's best to try a new thing with a sample student before you take it to class. I was using Padlet to explore the theme of isolation as an intro to Ethan Frome. Great tool, great idea, except a few problems-make sure you know how to get the kids in and make sure you have given them permission to edit(so they can add their content) I did wing it and we did explore the idea but it was not as I had wanted. But..... the next period I had those bugs figured out, not only was it a great experience, the kids loved adding their comments and seeing it immediately on the screen. Technology is only as good as the user, bummer. But take a look at what we did. Really nice, goal: creation, not gathering of facts:

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