Edmodo Professional Development

1. Edmodo Professional Development

2. Schedule 0800-0810 Review Today’s Schedule 0810-9000 Session I Introduction to Edmodo **Break** 0910-1000 Session II: Communicating with Edmodo **Break** 1010-1100 Session III: Creating original Content with Edmodo 1100-1200 **Lunch** 1210-1300 Session IV: Uploading Content **Break** 1310-1400 Session V:Developing a Full Lesson 1400-1430 Debrief

3. Session I: Introduction to Edmodo • Overview of major features • Creating an account • Account management features

5. Overview of Major Features • Create multiple groups • Interact with students, parents and other educators.

6. Creating an Account www.edmodo.com Click “I’m a Teacher”

7. Creating an Account 1st Enter your information 2nd Click “Sign Up”

8. Creating a Group Click “Create”

9. Creating a Group 1st Enter group (class) information 2nd Click “Create”

10. Activity #1 • (1) Partner Up with a Shoulder Buddy • (2) Exchange group codes • (3) Return to www.edmodo.com • (4) This time….Click “I’m a Student” Click Here

11. Class Activity #1 Post a message to your partner. Let them know what an AMAZING educator they are!!! You can post a message to your entire class, your teacher or yourself. Click “Send”

12. Please Log OFF as a STUDENT and log ON as a TEACHER

14. Managing Student Accounts Student Access: This can be adjusted to “Read Only” to prevent student from making postings Change Password: Allows you to reset students password

15. Activity #2 • (1) Place yourselves in groups of (3) with your two Shoulder Buddies. • (2) Brainstorm some virtual classroom rules for students. Complete the Brainstorm Cloud on page #2 of your packet.

16. Activity #2 • (2) With your other shoulder buddy, come up with (5) virtual classroom rules

17. Activity #3 • Check your email. • You should have received an email from Wikispaces • Click the link: http://www.wikispaces.com/t/c/3zZ1jzsFvagcDJuqzFT5tD Click this Link

18. Activity #3 • Enter your groups (5) rules on our Professional development Wiki Input your groups name and rules in the designated fields.

19. Great First Session!!! Take a 10 min Break. Please Return @ 0910

21. Session II: Communicating with Edmodo • Connecting with Educators • Communicating with Parents • Communicating with Students

22. Communicating with Parents Only Parents can join by using their parent code will be associated with your group. These parents can be emailed by clicking their name.

23. Feedback to Students Grade Students work immediately Provide immediate feedback to student on submitted assignments

24. Activity #3 • (1) Your packet contains the instructions for connecting with educators from all over the world. • (2) Reflect on the possibilities to connect with other educators from all over the world.

25. Activity #4 • (1) Partner with your shoulder Buddy • (2) Complete the steps in your packet to respond to their posting.

26. Great Second Session!!! Take a 10 min Break. Please Return @ 1010

28. Session III: Creating Content • Postings • Assignments • Quizzes • Polls

29. Activity # 5 During Activity #1, you created a posting as student. Follow the instructions on p. 5 of your instruction manual and reply to the posting as a teacher.

30. Creating Content: Assignments Selecting Assignment will cause the textboxes for “title, description and due date to appear. Use this textbox to provide students with directions or actual questions to answer Enter the date that you desire the assignment to be submitted

31. Creating Content: Quiz Select from Different question types. Type question here Multiple choice questions allow for multiple responses

32. Creating Content: Polls Polls allow for quick checks for understanding. They are also anonymous.

33. Creating Content: Polls (Results) Results display percentage of students who selected each response.

34. Activity #6 • Directions: Create an assignment entitled “Warm Up.” Then, create a (4) question quiz with each type of question (multiple choice, short answer, true false and fill in the blank). Finally Create a Poll with at least (4) response options. Use the Activity #6 self assessment rubric to evaluate your content.

35. Great third Session!!! Take a LUNCH Break. Please Return @ 1210

37. Session IV: Uploading Content • Videos • Presentations • Files • Links

38. Uploading Content: Videos, Presentation and Files First, click file. Videos, presentations or document files are upload the same. Choose the file you would like to upload.

39. Uploading Content: Links After selecting Link, copy the link in the designated textbox.

40. Activity #7 • Directions: During our last professional development, we created videos using voice thread. Create an assignment in Edmodo. Include a link to the video you created during our last professional development. In that same assignment upload a document file and a presentation.

41. Assignment 7 If you do not have a voicethread video, use the video and link below. http://voicethread.com/share/409/

42. Great Forth Session!!! Take a 10 min Break. Please Return @ 1:10

44. Session V: Develop a Lesson • Develop a lesson to cover one class period

45. Activity #8 • Direction: Create a (50) minute lesson on Edmodo. Incorporate all elements of a standard lesson plan. Include All features discussed during today’s professional development.