How to Use Wakelet to Organize Your Lessons

Wakelet is a pretty amazing tool because it lets you create something like a mini webpage for your students. If you have activities spread across several different websites, you can bring all of those links together on one page and put them in the order you want students to complete them.

For example, I created a three-step lesson. First, students review the vocabulary with a Quizlet activity. Next, they go to ELLLO and watch a news lesson. Finally, they complete a quiz that I created with Google Forms. Instead of sending students three different links and explaining what to do with each one, Wakelet lets me put everything together as one sequenced task page.

The basic process is very simple:

1. Create a collection. Start a new Wakelet collection and give your lesson a title and short introduction.
2. Add instructions. Use text to tell students what to do, such as "Step 1: Preview the vocabulary."
3. Add your links. Paste in links to activities you have already created on Quizlet, ELLLO, Google Forms, or other websites.
4. Put everything in order. Arrange the instructions and links so students can work through the lesson step by step.
5. Choose who can see it. You can make the collection public or unlisted if you only want people with the link to access it.
6. Share it with students. Give students the link or QR code so they can open the lesson on a computer or phone.

I especially like the QR code option. If you're teaching with PowerPoint, for example, you could put the QR code on the screen and students could immediately open the activity on their phones. Once they are on the Wakelet page, they simply scroll through the lesson and open each activity when they are ready.

The big advantage is that Wakelet doesn't have to replace the teaching tools you already use. It can simply bring them together. You can also go back later and add or remove activities, so the lesson can change over time. It works for live classes or for homework, and it saves students from having to keep track of lots of separate links. For teachers, it is a simple way to turn activities from different websites into one organized lesson.