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Welcome Online Learning Environments for k-12 Gifted and Talented Students
KAGE February 2013
Rob Paugh, Technology Integration SpecialistBowling Green Independent Schools
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• Instruction delivered via the Internet
• includes real-time (synchronous) and anytime, anywhere (asynchronous) interactions
• Students become more active, reflective learners. Students and teachers engage in learning by using technology and become more familiar with technology by using it
University of Massachusetts (2005)
Online Learning Environments OLE
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• Teachers will learn about Online Learning Environments (OLE) and the skills needed to manage learning.
• Teachers will discover how to address gifted student needs to create higher-level products and to share ideas in a safe and secure setting.
Goals for Today
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• Safety• Security• Ease of navigation• Overall appearance of OLE• Data storage
Considerations for OLE
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• Educators can share and discuss resources• Provides a platform for developing a sense of
community among students• Students can safely learn how to behave in a
social network with peers and adults• Participation can different learning styles.• Engages students in the curriculum.• Fosters the use of 21st Century skills like
communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity.
Why use an online Learning Environment?
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Free social learning network for teachers, students, schools and districts
Safe and easy way to connect
• Exchange ideas
• Share content
• Access homework, grades and school notices.
District and school subdomains give flexible suite of tools
• Monitor usage
• Manage users
• Communicate across district
What is Edmodo?
Note: Image reflects data as of Oct’11
Founded in late 2008, Edmodo is now being used by millions of teachers and students around the world
Edmodo – Builds Student Connections
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Closed environmentNo private information required from studentsStudents join classes by the invitation of their teacher onlyAll communications are archivedTeacher has full management controlSub domains allow district administrators greater control
Secure Platform Ensures Student Safety and Privacy
20 Ways to Use Edmodo
Give your students an enriching writing experience through Edmodo.
Help students tap into individualism, build self-esteem and measure how far they’ve come during the school yearwith writing projects:• Class Blog• “Flat Stanley”project• “This I Believe” project
Edmodo provides students a platform for sharing their writing with teachers, peers and family.
1. Student writing projects
Help students understand key events by reenacting them through role playing activities.
Create student profiles for relevant figures and integrate knowledge in action.
Inject life into old curriculum and helps students develop the skills of initiative, communication, problem-solving, self-awareness, and working cooperatively in teams.
2. Role Playing*
Encourage real-time discussions through Edmodo.
• Read alouds• In-class movies• Professional development events
Extend learning beyond the classroom walls. (Backchannel during current events- e.g. State of the Union, Elections, breaking news stories, etc.)
Mobile website and iPhone/Android apps provide easy access to Edmodo anytime, anywhere.
3. Backchannel Discussions
Spice up your foreign language class by having students write and respond to questions in Edmodo.
Encourages students to practice their language skills through real life conversations.
Create a co-classroom with other students from across the globe to help students learn from each other.
4. Language Practice
Help your students improve their grammar and punctuation by enforcing proper usage on Edmodo.
Require students to post in complete words and sentence (i.e. “you” not “u”, “I” not “i”).
Teach students proper use of social media tools to help prepare them for our connected world.
5. Grammar and Punctuation
Send a message to students and parents in your class each week to keep them updated on all of the events and achievements of your class.
Provides a way for parents to reach out to you for one-on-one discussions.
6. Communicate with Parents*
Keep parents up-to-date on classroom activities during the semester through parent accounts on Edmodo.
Encourage students to read and help make their reading experience more engaging with an Edmodo book club.
Host after school book clubs or summer book clubs.
Facilitate discussions with writing prompts.
Connect with other classrooms around the globe for book discussions.
7. Book Clubs*
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Give your students an interactive educational experience through mobile devices.
Bring Edmodo on your next field trip
Post photos and create scavenger hunt questions, polls or quiz questions along the way.
Great for backchannel discussions
8. Mobile Learning
Edmodo is great for communicating when you or one of your students are absent from school.
Provide notes, assignments or other updates to students who are absent.
Communicate updates or check in with your your class if you are absent from school.
9. Sick days & extended leave
Create a “teacher lounge” where teachers within your school can discuss ideas and share content.
Creates a casual environment where online discussions can take place.
Share ideas, files and links between a voluntary group of teachers.
Teachers can contribute on their own time.
10. Teacher Lounge
Whether you’re planning your school play, the annual fundraiser or next year’s curriculum, Edmodo makes it easier through online collaboration.
11. Planning Committees
Invite teachers, students, parents, or administrators to join.
Share ideas and content with all group members.
Allows for ongoing dialogue at the convenience of your group members.
Create a group on Edmodo to connect with any tutors working with your students.
Allows you to communicate upcoming assignments, quizzes or tests
Enables you and the tutor to share ideas, content and advice to that will further advance the learning potential of the student
Include parents in on the discussions
12. Tutor Connection
Take a project-based approached to learning by creating Edmodo sub groups.
Students can collaborate and work towards specific goals together in small groups.
The Edmodo platform allows for anytime, anywhere communication between students.
All group information can be shared and stored in Edmodo for easy access by all group members.
13. Project Based Learning*
Take reading to the next level by having students critique each other.
Students can upload and listen to audio files directly on Edmodo.
Promotes encouragement between students in the classroom.
Helps improve listening skills
Not limited to reading, can also do art critiques, writing critiques, etc.
14. Reading Critique
Connect your classroom with other classrooms within your school or around the globe.
Co-teachers can help grade assignments, monitor discussions, and post files or comments to the group.
Join an Edmodo subject area community to connect with other teachers around the globe.
15. Co-teaching*
16. “Sub Hub”
Provide your sub an easy way to help manage students and stay connected with you.
Create a student account for your sub so they can participate in your Edmodo class, without gaining access to your account.
Allows you to communicate with your sub and students, plus view all classroom activity, even while you’re away.
17. Science Probes*
Engage your students through science probes on Edmodo.
Post videos and other interactive to supplement
Those students who are too shy to raise their hand in class, usually feel more comfortable communicating online.
Keep up with all your favorite blogs through Edmodo!
Create an Edmodo group, retrieve the RSS links for the blogs you like to read and add them to the group.
Stay organized and up-to-date with content being shared by bloggers in your PLN.
18. RSS Feed
Edmodo is a great collaboration tool for district wide clubs like Robotics, Forensics, sports teams, etc.
Use the calendar feature to mark important dates/matches/meets/practices.
Notifications will help you update the group on important messages .
Post results, pictures, etc. for the group to view.
19. School Clubs
After the school year ends, keep in touch with students and help them stay connected with each other.
20. Alumni Groups
Create one alumni group for all your classes to join
Distribute group code at the end of the year
Create Your Account
Teacher Landing Page
Store unlimited content for easy
re-use and sharing
Create Groups for Classes and Professional
Development
Encourage collaboration and
participation inclassroom discussions
Post assignments, reminders, polls, or discussion questions
Student View
Unlimited storage for documents,
videos and other resources
Students can only join
groups, they cannot create
them
Students receive notifications for new grades, new assignments,
alerts or replies
Students can only send messages to the entire group or directly to the
teacher
Update Your Account Settings
Upload a photo or select an icon from
our list
Select your School and
connect with your peers
Customize email or text notification
Choose your privacy settings
Claim your personal URL
Create Your Profile
Find teacher connections
Tell people about yourself
Edmodo in the Classroom
Create a Group
2. Complete group info
3. Distribute code or Join URL to group
members
1. Select Create on groups menu
Student Sign-Up
Student must have group code to register
Students are NOT required to
give email address
Student Profile
Manage GroupsView grades, reset passwords
and set students to “read only”Create sub-groups within your
groups
Access Parent Codes, award badges and remove members
Badges
Access badges from Group Member list or Student Profile.
Use pre-loaded badges or create your
own.
Parent Sign-up
Parent must have parent code to
register.
Parents can retrieve parent codes from their child’s Edmodo account.
Parent View
Parents have a dashboard view of all of their child’s assignments, grades
and calendar notices
Teachers can send parents messages.
Post a Message
Send a message to a group, or post direct messages to specific students or teacher connections
Select to post a note, alert, assignment or
poll
Embed videos, attach files, links or any documents from
your Edmodo Library collection
Edmodo Library Upload, store and edit content to your personal library
Organize library into folders and share files and
folders with groups
Unlimited Storage, accessible anywhere!
Create an Assignment
View and grade assignments as students turn
them in
Click “Load Assignment” to easily pull up a
previously given assignment
Grading Assignments
Comments allow you to provide feedback on
assignments. Students can also comment back and a permanent record
is kept for reference.
Students can attach documents, links or
embed video. Teachers can annotate
assignments.
Create a Quiz
Select to create a new quiz or load a previously
created one
Add a quiz title, instructions, time limit and choose
whether you’d like to allow students
to view results immediately.
Add Quiz Questions
Choose from multiple choice, true/false, fill in
the blank or short answer questions
Add multiple responses and set correct answers
Grading Quizzes
Select individual students to view their responses, and grade
short answer questions
View number of correct responses by
question
ProgressExport option allows you to
transfer grades to another program
Scores are updated automatically after each assignment is graded and
recorded
View grades or badges
Planner
Filter by group or view all
Add class events, school events or view scheduled
assignments
View by month or week
Insights and Reactions
• Edmodo makes it easy to share videos with students and keep them in the secure environment
• Embed – code is provided – copy and paste! You will need to type in the Title of the Web Page
• URL – you copy and paste URL Address! When you use the TAB key from LINK to TITLE, Edmodo fills in the appropriate title
• Some videos / websites will take the students to WWW
Videos and Other “Shareables”To Embed or To URL? That is the question
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• www.youtube.com• www.teachertube.com• www.vimeo.com• www.history.com• www.schooltube.com• www.discoveryeducation.com – links out to
Discovery Ed – login required – BETTER TO DOWNLOAD VIDEO
• www.brainpop.com – links out – can’t download videos
Linking videos from various websites
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• www.timeforkids.com• www.nationalgeographic.com• www.scholastic.com/juniorscholastic• www.scholastic.com• http://dsc.discovery.com/• www.cnnstudentnews.com
Linking videos from various websites
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• http://video.pbs.org• http://www.khanacademy.org/ - also an Edmodo
Channel for Khan• http://www.nick.com/videos/nick-news-
videos?navid=showNav
Linking videos from various websites
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• Google Docs • Google Books - http://books.google.com/• Google Maps - https://maps.google.com/• Google Forms
Google in EdmodoTeacher must have a Gmail account
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Discover
Recent Activity
Receive live information about students and teachers in your groups. You will see “log-ins”, apps and content all surfaced here.
Apps
View purchased
apps
Browse apps in the Store
Store
Browse by subject area,
recently added and suggested
Filter by paid and free apps
Purchase Apps
View preview
Purchase credit
Chose groups to install for
Purchase and install
Get updates and notifications on the goMobile app available for• iOS – iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch• Android smartphones and tables
Access Edmodo on any mobile browser at m.edmodo.com
Mobile Access
Edmodo Communities
Follow subject and content communities to connect and share
best practices with other teachers
Access digital content to support
classroom instruction
Best Practices for Safe Social Networking
Encourage students to create their own accounts to ensure password safety
After all students join your group, lock the group code to prevent others from joining
Monitor group membership to ensure only students in your group have joined
Educate students on proper online etiquette
Use “Read-Only” status to curb inappropriate behavior
Always log in though your subdomain
If your school or district does not have a subdomain, claim one at http://www.edmodo.com/institutions
View an Edmodo Webinar:
help.edmodo.com/webinars
Explore resources in the Help Center:
help.edmodo.com
Follow the Edmodo Support Community:
edmodo.com/community/support
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Training and Support Resources
Join the 20 Ways to Use Edmodo group:
Group code: 61ulgl
Check out our Edmodo In Action Videos:http://help.edmodo.com/ideas
Implement one of these ideas and tell us how it worked:
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Support
Stay Connected
Follow the Edmodo blog:
www.blog.edmodo.com
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook:
www.twitter.com/edmodo
www.facebook.com/edmodo
Connect with me!
www.edmodo.com/Lucia
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