BP_4 EDMODO

Today, I like to tell you about Edmodo or the Facebook of the education world, as I would like to call it. Edmodo is a web 2.0 tool that can help bring any class room into the 21^st century. Edmodo is a free and secure social learning network for teachers, students and schools. Edmodo provides classrooms a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate, offering a real-time platform to exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Edmodo is unique because it promotes anytime, anyplace learning. Edmodo allows teachers to post messages, discuss classroom topics, assign and grade classwork, share content and materials, and network and exchange ideas with their peers.

Because Edmodo looks like a normal social networking site students are already familiar with the learning curve is not step. The user-friendly platform allows only students that are enrolled into a particular class to communicate. This function keeps the teacher in control of the virtual environment. The cool part about Edmodo is that it has a mobile app. This allows teachers to post assignments on the go and it allows students that may have missed class to view the information or assignment they missed. 

As a Fine Arts teacher Edmodo can allow me to set each of my classes up separately. This gives each class a platform to communicate what went on in class to give feed back to me and to peer tutor each other virtually. For my drama class Edmodo allows me to post their videos and allows each class member to give constructive criticism to the groups who’s videos have been posted. I look forward to using this web2.0 tool creatively.

Rhythm,