Edmodo

Edmodo

Edmodo is a secure social learning network for teachers and students. Edmodo gives libraries and classrooms a safe and easy place online to connect and collaborate, offering a location to share ideas and content, as well as access homework, grades and school notices.

Edmodo gives teachers a safe and easy place online to connect and collaborate, offering a location to share ideas and content.   It is the perfect forum for developing a relationship between  two schools or just within your classroom.

Some Suggested Ideas on using Edmodo:

• Have students introduce themselves and post a short biography. From the biography, discuss internet safety and digital citizenship by talking about the items that we should and should not put online about ourselves. Focus on being responsible and safe on the internet in practice in the closed and safe environment that Edmodo provides.

• Teach book reviews and have students write their own reviews. Students also suggest books to read as well.

• Students create top ten lists. Top ten books, top ten video games, top ten authors. Host a book club. Once a month the book club can take place in person and then for the rest of the month discussions can take place on Edmodo. This creates an intimate reading community. Even if a student moves they can still take part in the reading group from wherever their new location is based.

• Connect with students over the summer. Have a summer online book club. Students can sign up. Post a new book every three weeks, have new questions and new discussions.

• Edmodo now has badges where users can create a special badge for their team or grade. Use the ones that Edmodo has in their selection or create your own. Educators do have the option to turn student comments on and off if there are any inappropriate comments. This is another way to reinforce online responsibility and good digital citizenship. Edmodo does have a gradebook for educators to use. It has a poll feature, and other assessment tools that can be used to the educator’s advantage. There are iPad and iPhone apps to make this site even more versatile for users.