Blog 3: Edmodo

"Safe Social Networking for Schools"

How does the idea of learning online sound to you? Pick up assignments online, drop them off online, catch up with missed lessons, check your marks and overall just stay connected with all the aspects of a classroom and all your classmates! Well this is possible with the aide of Edmodo. Edomo is an online learning tool for students, teachers and parents. It is also free of cost.

What is Edmodo?

A lot of people may not be familiar with the concept of an online class, well that is exactly what Edmodo is. Edmodo is an online platform used by students, teachers and parents to learn that is free to use. It is a social network service. It was founded in September 2008. Edmodo doesn't only come in English, but it also comes in Portuguese, Spanish, German, Greek and French.

What is Edmodo used for?

What Edmodo has to Offer

Edmodo is an online classroom. Once you've made an online account and joined your classroom online(which we will get into later), you can easily connect with everything. You can see all the things you've missed if you were not in class, pick up new assignments and communicate with group members.  It can help you out in classwork such as reading, assignments, paper-studying and erectile-learning.

Click to Find Out 20 Ways of Using Edmodo!

Importance of Edmodo

Edmodo is an important technology tool. It provides various benefits. Through the help of Edmodo you can have classes online. Students can do the following:

• Post assignments
• Create polls for students response
• Embed videos
• Exchange messages with other students/teacher
• Create smaller groups for things such as group works
• Collaborate in groups
• Keep up with deadlines
• Critique each other's work to help one another
• Post creative writing 
• Browse easily
• Use emoticons
• Stay connected and aware of what is going on in class
• It is free and does not cost you a penny

Asides from all that Edmodo is said to "connect with students and help them ceate norms and reflect on how different online actions will be interpreted." It enables a secure place for teachers and students to connect and collaborate, share information and education applications, and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications. The goal of Edmodo is to aide teachers use the power of social media to teach by customizing a classroom for each and every individual student.

How to use Edmodo?

These are the steps you will help you understand Edmodo in a classroom and how to use it:

1. Go to the Edmodo website and sign up for free! http://www.edmodo.com/
2. Sign up as a teacher.
3. Get the code needed for all your students to also connect in your online classroom.
4. Once you're gotten the code, share it with your students.
5. Now it is the turn for the students to sign up.
6. When you're signing up as a student you will require a username as well as a password and they will ask for you classroom code. This is when you share the code that your teacher has shared with the class.
7. Once you're signed in, you'll be connected to the classroom.
8. You can now see all your peers, assignments and class discussions.
9. As a teacher to post an assignment, video or such you can easy go to your profile and write on the "type your note here.."



The Teacher's Profile on Edmodo

10. You will see you also have the option of sharing pictures and link on the top corner.
11. Once you as a teacher have shared something to your class, they can too now view it.
12. As a student you can see the assignments your teacher wants you do to and when they're due on your homepage (the home buttom on the top left of the page).
13. You can download the assignment, work on it and drop it off by pressing in the turn it in button and uploading the document.
14. Once the work has been marked or you have a new assignment due, it will show in your notifications on the top right corner.
15. If your teacher wants they can create groups whereby you can collaborate with partners in labs, project based groups, literature circles and etc.

The Homepage of Edmodo Whereby You Can See Assignments and Such

What People Have to Say About Edmodo

People tend of love Edmodo as they say it is a helpful educational device. Parents say it is a good way of using social networking. Students say it is a reasonable tool that is easily accessible which makes it easier for them to do assignment and keep up with the discussions going on in the classroom. Teachers also say the same as it also makes marking easier for them and keeps them for organized. It is a fun way of doing work in class.

Click to Read An Online Review for Edmodo!

The Edmodo App