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I am currently trying one of  Engage NY's ELA modules  in my English class. In order to build background for the novel for the unit, the module has the students complete a  Gallery Walk  with primary sources. The sources range from poetry, to images, to quotes from historical figures. I decided to digitize this process and brainstormed the best solution. I needed to recreate the sticky note aspect of a gallery walk, but also keep all of the student comments organized. I thought about putting the primary sources on a Google Doc and then having students add comments, but this would create too many comments in the margin since each student had to comment on each source. I decided instead to put each primary source on a Google Slide and create a link to a Padlet wall for that slide. Students spent time reading and observing each slide for the gallery walk, and then clicking on the link to add to the padlet wall for the slide. Students were able to add their comments about the slide and