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Social Networking for Educators: Edmodo as an Instructional Tool

Cheryl Harris OF Media Specialist Week 2 LSCI 606 Educational Technology Tool. Social Networking for Educators: Edmodo as an Instructional Tool. What the heck is Edmodo ?.

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Social Networking for Educators: Edmodo as an Instructional Tool

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  1. Cheryl Harris OF Media Specialist Week 2 LSCI 606 Educational Technology Tool Social Networking for Educators: Edmodo as an Instructional Tool

  2. What the heck is Edmodo? • A social networking tool similar to Facebook that teachers can utilize without fear of students knowing too much personal data • Similarities to Facebook • Friends lists • Groups • Notifications • Can display pics

  3. Learn it in 5! • http://www.learnitin5.com/edmodo

  4. Benefits of Edmodo • Building a personal library of documents and assignments • Building a teacher/student professional learning community (PLC) • Collaborating with other teachers • Connecting with absent students • Embedding links, videos, glogster poster, quiz, Google forms

  5. Benefits of Edmodo (cont.) • Posting handouts • Online data storage • Big Brother-like controls • Publishing student work so you can grade it • Text message updates • Classroom discussions

  6. Best practices using Edmodo • Do not post codes for groups publicly • Lock group codes after all students have joined • Set up notifications to monitor activity • Use read-only status where needed

  7. Resource guide • All on the on my BHSD 228 Professional Development group • Group code: vf4zlb

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