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Edmodo is a free social learning platform that allows teachers and students to connect, share resources, and collaborate. Key features include secure messaging and file sharing, group creation and management, grading, and mobile access. Edmodo aims to provide an engaging environment for blended and online learning through communication tools, a collaborative discussion space, and integration with other educational applications and resources.
Edmodo pp
- 1. Reviewing Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Blended and Online Learning Jaclyn Karabinas- ECOMP 6203
- 2. What is Edmodo? Free social learning network for teachers, students, schools and districts Provides an engaging platform for blended learning and safe, productive social networking Safe and easy way to: − Connect & Communicate in a learning environment − Exchangeideas − Link with other educational web based programs
- 3. Communication Tools • Talk in “Facebook Style” post/reply format • Create and join teacher-created groups • Participate in polls • Alerts available by text
- 4. Student view Students receive notifications for new grades, new assignments, alerts or replies Unlimited storage for documents, videos and other resources Students can only send Students can only messages to the entire join groups, they group or directly to the cannot create teacher them
- 5. Create a Group 1. Select Create 2. Complete group 3. Distribute code to on groups menu info group members
- 6. Group Ideas for the Blended Learning Classroom • Subject specific groups • Literature Circles or other style of book discussion groups • Math problem solving groups • Project Based Learning groups
- 7. Manage Groups View grades, reset passwords and set students to “read only” Create sub- groups within your groups Access Parent Codes, award badges and remove members
- 8. Collaborative Discussions • Post questions for class discussion spanning a period of time • Check for understanding by asking students to post learning from a concept taught • Instruct students on how to extend each other’s conversations with questions
- 9. Post a Message Embed videos, attach files, links Select to post a note, alert, or any documents from your assignment or poll Edmodo Library collection Send a message to a group, or post direct messages to specific students or teacher connections
- 10. The Edmodo Library • Student libraries are accessible to teachers • Libraries have “backpacks” where links and files can be stored and shared • Teachers can create folders of resources for groups, shared in the library
- 11. Upload, store and edit content to your personal library Edmodo Library Organize library into folders and share files Unlimited Storage, and folders with groups accessible anywhere!
- 12. Mobile Access Get updates and notifications with iPad and many other handheld devices Access Edmodo on any web browser atedmodo.com
- 13. Collaboration • Edmodo syncs with many familiar web based applications • Edmodo syncs with Google Docs! • Discussion within topic/subject groups at students’ own paces • Join Edmodo communities to find new ways for online learning • Create folders of shared resources
- 14. Content and Subject Area Communities Follow subject and content communities to connect and share best practices with other teachers Access digital content to support classroom instruction
- 15. Classroom Integration and Support Weekly Edmodo Webinars: 1 http://help.edmodo.com/webinars/ Explore resources in the Help Center: help.edmodo.com 2 Ask the Edmodo Support Community: http://www.edmodo.com/community/support 3 Follow http://blog.edmodo.com/ for more ways to use Edmodo in the classroom.
- 16. Visual Appeal • Edmodo is a platform with a familiar layout and language- a teacher could dive in right away! • Familiarity is important to get teachers on board with trying to integrate a learning platform. • Simply put- It looks like Facebook. Students are attracted to that layout.