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Edmodo. As discovered by Kelly Dau EDMA 658. What is it?. Edmodo is a free, secure, social learning platform for teachers, students, parents, and schools. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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