Edmodo

EdmodoAs discovered by

Kelly DauEDMA 658

What is it? Edmodo is a free, secure, social learning

platform for teachers, students, parents, and schools.

Edmodo provides teachers and students with a secure and easy way to post classroom materials, share links and videos, and access homework, grades and school notices.  

Teachers and students can store and share all forms of digital content – blogs, links, pictures, video, documents, presentations, and more.

Did you say social?Like Facebook?

vs.

•Social: connect!

•Simple•Handles events

•No grading•No teacher control

•Public and unregulated

•Social: connect!

•Simple•Handles events

•Handles grades

•Teacher controlled

•Private and education-oriented

What do students get out of Edmodo?

Communication

Collaboration/Social

Creativity

What Can Edmodo Do?

Edmodo

What can be shared? You name it!

Video clips

Links

Documents

mp3 files

New Assignments

New Assignments appear in the

Spotlight

And on the main page

Completing Assignments

Students can type responses, submit files, or link to their work on another site

Graded Assignments

Polls

Anonymous Results

Students can voice dissenting opinions without fear of being judged

Library Storage Space

All files, links, or media resources for a group

Organizational Tools

Calendar

Gradebooks(that upload to iCue!)

Mobile and Notifications

*Mobile Website: http://m.edmodo.com

*Mobile App: Android and

iPhone/iPod Touch

*Email and Text Message Notifications

Check updates, view and reply to posts, and publish new messages to your Edmodo groups from anywhere, anytime, with the mobile Web application.

Parent Accounts

Parents are able to send messages to the teacher and their student

Parents are able to view assignments, due dates, and grades for their student.

Parents are able to view communication between their student and teacher.

So, I still don’t get it, why use Edmodo?

Students must learn to distinguish the skill needed to locate information online from the ability to understand that information. They are not hardwired to know how to best use digital media and social platforms. Educators must familiarize students with these emerging technologies and teach them how to use them productively and wisely.

Teach digital safety

*See Common Sense Media through

Edmodo for more lessons and tips!

Edmodo encourages students to learn about appropriate technology use by:

•Following and contributing to a threaded conversation, rather than firing off comments into the great abyss;

•Considering audience when choosing a group with which to share a given message, link, or video;

•tagging comments for friends to find; and

•using a filter to sort through collected postings to find what was needed.

Socially, students are also learning to:

•think before posting, and edit remarks when peers disapproved;

•refrain from certain conventions and language which, while acceptable with friends outside of the school setting, are considered inappropriate in school;

•select hyperlinks and videos which would be enjoyable and appropriate for everyone in the group; and

•disagree with ideas without attacking the students who posted them.

Educators gain too!

Using social networking and mobile technologies can blend face‐to‐face and virtual learning teams in order to extend the time and resources for teachers to support and learn from one another by joining and following personal learning communities.

National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future

Questions?

CreditsEdmodo, www.edmodo.com

Mat Su Borough School District, http://matsu.edmodo.com/

Edmodo Parent Presentation, Thomas Scheeler, Jim Hill Middle School, Minot, ND

Edmodo Resources, author lrodrig22, http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=82344

Common Sense Media, http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/blog/build-community-teach-digital-citizenship-in-edmodo

All website images (Edmodo and Facebook) taken from their respective sites

Image of “notebook and pencil” used under creative commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/elea/201457176/

Comparisons from Nathan Robinson, Twitter: @mrnrobinson http://www.slideshare.net/nathandrobinson/edmodo-your-classroom-online