I enjoy discovering new social media tools, and today I stumbled across Padlet!
Padlet gives you a wall. You can post anything you’d like, plus invite others to participate. “Simple yet powerful” is their motto. Dude. Right on.
Excited to try it out, I began a “Picture Book Writing” wall. Ask me any question about writing picture books. Plus, read other Q&A’s.
OK, it looks a little plain right now. Don’t worry, I’ll jazz it up soon like a tween girl’s locker, full of sparkly doo-dads, baby animal posters and I heart this, I heart that.
Join me there: http://padlet.com/wall/pbwriting.
I’ve set up this wall in “stream” format, meaning the most recent post will appear at the top. Padlet also offers “freeform” format so you can pin stuff all willy-nilly like you would on a real corkboard.
To post a question on this Padlet, click the green pencil icon on the lower left of the screen. Please be sure to include your name at the top of the text box (it will appear in red) before typing your question.
Padlet was previously named “Wallwisher” but that wasn’t catchy enough. If they’re riding on the coattails of the iPad, I won’t blame ’em.
Enjoy, and let me know if you create your own Padlet!
The possibilities are endless! Classroom notices, brainstorming with friends, artwork in progress, travel itineraries, family menus, reunion planning…
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) 
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July 15, 2013 at 10:39 am
carterhiggins
I kinda love this. (And Wallwisher!)
July 15, 2013 at 11:00 am
Tara Lazar
I think it’s cool. It kinda goes one step beyond Pinterest. Have to see how useful it is. I always said one more social media tool would make my head explode. POOF! THERE IT GOES! BLACK HAIR EVERYWHERE!
July 15, 2013 at 11:12 am
Julie Hedlund
I feel the same way – explosion impending! But it looks fun and like it could be a useful tool within circles.
July 15, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Tara Lazar
Yes, I’d really love to see what other people do with it.
July 15, 2013 at 11:53 am
Darshana
looks interesting. thanks!
July 15, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Tara Lazar
I’m sure you have some creative ideas for it, Darshana. Summer reading program?
July 15, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Darshana
yes. I am trying to come up with a way to use in conjunction with children’s book recommendations. 🙂
July 15, 2013 at 1:47 pm
:Donna Marie
Well, Tara, I opened an account, but have no idea what I’ll do with it! lol I am still not at the point where I can focus on finishing setting up my blogs or pinterest or start using facebook more or anthing else…now THIS! lol I didn’t read up on it, only checked out the gallery, so I don’t know what the difference is between this and pinterest, but that’s what it reminds me of. Thanks! 🙂
July 15, 2013 at 1:48 pm
:Donna Marie
Oh, and btw—-I finally got THE MONSTORE! Don’t remember if I mentioned it, but I LOVE it 😀
July 15, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Tara Lazar
Yeah, it’s like Pinterest, except you can type up content and invite others to post content, and it’s not necessarily content from around the web, it’s something you create. So it’s similar but has more interaction, more flexibility, I think…?
Thanks, I’m glad you like THE MONSTORE!
July 15, 2013 at 6:34 pm
tinamcho
Cool concept! And I like your wallpaper background. If I come up w/a question, I’ll post!
July 15, 2013 at 8:09 pm
SA Larsen (@SA_Larsen)
Oh, wow! I’ll have to check this out. Thanks for sharing it. It looks really cool and useful!
July 19, 2013 at 6:59 am
thiskidreviewsbooks
Cool! I like it!
July 20, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Beth Stilborn
Cool! And thought I’d let you know that this came up in my google alerts for “picture book” today — hope it does so for other people, who perhaps aren’t yet aware of Tara Lazar! (I, of course, am not in that ‘not aware’ category!!!)