Padlet
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| Formerly | Wallwisher |
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| Company type | Private |
| Founded | 2012 |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S.; Singapore |
Area served | Global |
| Services | Knowledge management |
Number of employees | 51 (2023)[1] |
| Website | padlet |
Padlet (formerly Wallwisher) is an educational technology startup company based in San Francisco, California and Singapore. Padlet provides a cloud-based software-as-a-service, hosting a real-time collaborative web platform in which users can upload, organize, and share content to virtual bulletin boards called "padlets".[2]
History
[edit]Originally named Wallwisher, the company was started in 2008 by Nitesh Goel and Pranav Piyush, two friends from India, and was incorporated in 2012 with funding from the startup accelerator Start-Up Chile.[3] In 2013, Padlet was additionally backed by accelerators Y Combinator[4] and ImagineK12.[5] As of November 2020, the company has raised over $13 million across three Series A rounds of funding.
In 2018, the company drew criticism for its abrupt switch from a free service to a paid pricing model.[6]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Padlet saw an increase in users, attributed to its use by educators and students following a rise in remote learning worldwide.[7][8][9][10] In 2021, the platform adopted stronger content moderation practices in response to multiple cases of offensive content - including racist, anti-semitic, and pornographic material - being published on student Padlet accounts.[11][12]
In August 2024, Padlet launched Sandbox, a collaborative digital whiteboard with an ability to create interactivity using links.[13]
Use
[edit]As of April 2021, Padlet ranks within the top 150 sites on the internet worldwide and sees over 3.25 million estimated daily visitors on its sites.[14] Padlet has emphasized the importance of accessibility, intuitiveness, and collaboration in the design of its interface.[4]
Padlet is widely used among teachers; its use as a pedagogical tool has been studied in various academic journals and conferences including the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Education Technology and Computers,[15] and the IEEE International Conference of Educational Innovation through Technology.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". Padlet. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (18 September 2015). "Padlet Raises $1.2 Million For Its Easy-To-Use, Collaborative Website Builder". TechCrunch. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Russell, Jon (13 March 2013). "YC-Backed Padlet Wants to Democratize Web Content". The Next Web. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ a b Crook, Jordan (21 February 2013). "YC-Backed Padlet Brings Drag-And-Drop To Collaborative Web Site Creation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Gomes, Patrícia (21 October 2015). "Your Guide to a Nation of Edtech Accelerators - EdSurge News". EdSurge. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Wan, Tony (4 April 2018). "Padlet's Price Update Riles Teachers, Raises Questions About Sustainability of Freemium Models - EdSurge News". EdSurge. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Daoud, Michele (1 April 2020). "Advice from a venture capitalist for startups during coronavirus". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Ringelstein, Zak (1 September 2020). "Asynchronous Remote Learning Is The Most Humane Way To Teach This School Year". Forbes. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Lederman, Doug (27 May 2020). "Will active learning be possible if colleges have physically distanced classrooms this fall? | Inside Higher Ed". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Linden, Evan (22 October 2020). "Graduate student succeeds in virtual classroom with new technology". Illinois State University News. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Byrne, Kristin (16 February 2021). "I-Team investigates after New Berlin mom says 13-year-old accessed sexually explicit content on school learning app". TMJ4. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ Borba, Andria (21 January 2021). "Racist, Anti-Semitic Messages Interrupt Anti-Racism Lesson At San Francisco's Lowell High School". CBS SF BayArea. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Introducing Padlet Sandbox". Padlet Gazette. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ "padlet.com Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa". Alexa. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Deni, Ann Rosnida Md; Zainal, Zainor Izat (26 October 2018). "Padlet as an educational tool: Pedagogical considerations and lessons learnt". Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers. pp. 156–162. doi:10.1145/3290511.3290512. ISBN 9781450365178. S2CID 69171908.
- ^ Zhi, Qiao; Su, Mu (October 2015). "Enhance Collaborative Learning by Visualizing Process of Knowledge Building with Padlet". 2015 International Conference of Educational Innovation through Technology (EITT). pp. 221–225. doi:10.1109/EITT.2015.54. ISBN 978-1-4673-8037-9.