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Edmodo is a versatile platform that has found extensive use in educational settings. Teachers have embraced Edmodo as a valuable tool for engaging students and implementing lessons aligned with CCSS standards. By providing an easy-to-use interface, Edmodo enables seamless communication and collaboration among teachers, students, administrators, and parents. It serves as a learning management system, allowing teachers to integrate it into their classrooms and providing students with access to a wealth of online storage space for assignments and resources.
One of the key benefits of Edmodo is its accessibility across web-enabled devices, enabling communication and collaboration beyond traditional school hours. This feature has been particularly helpful for online and blended learning initiatives, as well as for facilitating communication between teachers and their students. Additionally, Edmodo has been utilized by professional learning communities to foster asynchronous communication among teachers, allowing them to share best practices and lesson plans.
Edmodo's usefulness extends beyond the classroom as it connects various stakeholders in education. Through Edmodo, students, parents, and the community can stay connected with teachers and administrators, uploading text messages, digital content, class schedules, and assignments. It also serves as a platform for collaboration and sharing of materials between classes and even schools worldwide, promoting the exchange of ideas and content.
Overall, Edmodo has proved to be a reliable tool for enhancing classroom experiences, streamlining communication, and encouraging collaboration among students. It offers a secure environment for sharing projects and receiving feedback from peers while teaching students about netiquette and cybersafety. Moreover, Edmodo has been instrumental in expanding teachers' professional networks by connecting them with other educators for resource sharing and support.
Users recommend Edmodo for various purposes. One common recommendation is to use Edmodo to improve organization and communication in teaching, especially at the university level. Users find it helpful for facilitating discussions after completing lessons and for distance classes. Edmodo also allows for mass communication, saving time and improving communication with students who have internet access.
Another recommendation is to consider unique student needs before committing to Edmodo. Some students prefer non-digital means of proving their mastery, so it's important to take their preferences into account.
Users also recommend Edmodo as a powerful platform that creates a worldwide learning network, connecting students and resources globally. It is highly recommended for all teachers, parents, and students.
While users appreciate the features provided by Edmodo, they mention that there are other applications in the market that may be more user-friendly and interconnected. They suggest considering more modern choices for a smoother user experience.
Overall, Edmodo is recommended for integrating technology into the classroom, especially for grades 5 and above, and for creating a classroom-like environment.
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September 25, 2015
A great way to hybridize your classroom
Many teachers in our organization use Edmodo in the classroom, but we also have schools and committees that are using Edmodo for their professional learning communities. We have found Edmodo useful in a large school district like ours, as it allows many of our teachers who are alone in their buildings, like Librarians, Art and Music teachers, and PE teachers, to asynchronously communicate with each other about best practices, share lesson plans, and have a stronger sense of team.
- Edmodo syncs with my Google Drive, making the sharing of assignments, handouts, pictures, and videos incredibly easy. Because I can store often-used materials in my Edmodo library, I can find them easily for the next time I am working on that unit.
- The quizzes are easy to set up and they can be used again, so if I need to do a check for understanding on a particular topic in multiple classrooms, or use the same baseline data collection quiz for more than one semester, I need only create the quiz once.
- The calendar feature for Edmodo allows me to plan my lessons days, even weeks ahead. I can keep assignments hidden until the day I plan to teach them, and if I need extra time for a lesson within a unit, adjusting the due dates is a simple drag-and-drop operation.
- One of the features that my students and I were upset to lose was the Tagging option for assignments. When I used the Tags to mark a Unit, students who had missed a significant amount of school could search for the appropriate tag (say, Unit 2 Persuasive) to find the assignments and materials easily. Having to scroll down through the news feed was time-consuming and cumbersome, and students were unable to locate lecture notes by clicking on the calendar, so without the tags, locating missed assignments was frustrating.
- I don't mind making my own badges, but I wish there were an easy-to-find location where I could find badges created by other teachers so I could borrow them for my own classes.
- Edmodo made grading easier and less cumbersome for me; I could take home my laptop instead of a bag full of papers.
- Edmodo made communicating with my students easier; I could send reminders and notifications to them when they were not in my classroom.
- Edmodo made communicating with parents easier and more meaningful; I could hold Parent-Teacher conversations over the phone while we both looked at the student's data online simultaneously.
I have taught hybrid classrooms using WebCT, Blackboard, and D2L. I have used Schoology in the past for a brief time. Edmodo is a good LMS because students like its Facebook style; I like it because I feel it is a K-12 appropriate means of getting secondary students used to the format and expectations of a hybrid course, because it is more user-friendly and simple.
September 21, 2015
Edmodo is Great for GEAR UP
Edmodo was used by GEAR UP to educate and counsel students grades 6-12 in math, science, language arts, and higher education processes. It is being used across the entire GEAR UP organization within the classroom. It addresses the issue of bridging the gap of computer and internet proficiency among low income middle and high school students.
- Edmodo allows students and teachers to post real time, group wide status updates. This is a strength because it keeps the class actively engaged across multiple mediums (web, and face to face contact).
- Similar to other social media platforms, Edmodo allows students to engage with other users that they may not normally contact. This encourages social development.
- Edmodo allows students to post photos to their profiles. This encourages personal expression.
- Edmodo could improve by allowing users to create more diverse profiles with special backgrounds, cover photos, and about me sections. Young students like to be creative and express their interests with others.
- Edmodo could allow for a parent login functionality that allows them to view student work without actively participating in classroom discussion. Grades could also be submitted to parents.
- Edmodo could allow teachers to share assignments with other teachers outside of their network. This would allow for more creative lesson creation and collaboration with other industry professionals.
- Edmodo allows for more students to become comfortable with internet technology.
- Edmodo allows students to share their responses across the class.
- Edmodo is online, which always gets students excited, so they return to school to share with friends that Gear Up uses Edmodo. Thus, spreading information about the GEAR UP program.
- Facebook Pages
Since we use Edmodo within the classroom only, it allows students to work in a function that is similar to that of Facebook, without the concern of them becoming distracted with status updates that are posted outside of the classroom. There are no distracting pages, likes, or feeds to encourage the student from deviating from their regular classroom assignment.
September 21, 2015
Although in need of some polish, Edmodo still lead the way.
We use Edmodo to connect with students, fellow teachers, parents, and a large professional community. Edmodo supports student management, as it is a must for a teacher with more than one class and subject; ensuring a very efficient workflow. It also helps us assign instructional content and create assessments - with the advantage of a grading tool which parents and students can access.
- Student management.
- Ease of creating and grading assessments.
- It works with Google Drive.
- An app store.
- Its customer service is great.
- As an established company, parents feel safe to let their children use this tool.
- The "news feed" clutters the experience. If someone is linked to various communities and classrooms, then this feed is endless. As someone who looks for an efficient workflow, this is very important.
- The iOS app needs some work. Notifications are hit and miss (iOS 8).
- The overall layout needs to be cleaner (less distractions).
- Uploading items through the library can be better. If attaching a file from Google Drive, then it will show the most recent files.
- Great customer service.
- Ease of assessing every student on every class.
- Needs work to solve the feed cluttering.
The advantage of Edmodo over Google Classroom is mainly the assessment component, some applications that are very worth using, and the professional community that can help any teacher in regards to instruction, information, or resources.
February 12, 2014
Edmodo: Communication & Collaboration
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At Windermere Preparatory School, teachers use Edmodo as a communication tool for classes and advisories. Although it is not a mandatory tool, many teachers have chosen it for its user-friendly interface and its useful collection of tools. At my previous district, Edmodo was more widely used, allowing a simple way for teachers to get their feet wet with online and blended learning, in addition to giving teachers an easy way to communicate with their students. As an early adopter, I trained many of the teachers at my school and in my district, and was honored to present during an online Edmodo-sponsored webcast.
- Edmodo is a fabulous communication tool. It sends out emails and/or text messages to students (and parents, if they have a connected account) whenever a teacher creates an Alert and when an assignment is due soon. The ability for students to comment and rate (using different icons with “feelings”) allows for additional interaction. Edmodo is smart though, and only allows students to message their teacher or reply using the comments. Direct student messaging is not possible, minimizing the threat of bullying or inappropriate use.
- For administration and counselors, Edmodo is a great way to get out important information such as scholarship deadlines, school closings, and reminders. Clubs and advisories could also use Edmodo to connect members, as well as to discuss and plan events.
- The ability to share resources is also helpful, especially for students who may have forgotten a particular paper at home or lost a handout. And now that teachers don’t have to upload each file one-by-one, it’s much more practical.
- Another favorite ability that Edmodo offers is linked parent accounts. By using a code that is specific to a particular student, parents can make a parent account that is attached to the student’s account. They can see the Planner and check their student’s Progress, but they aren’t able to post, comment, or submit assignments. Also, parents can message teachers but not students, adding an extra level of security to the group.
- Badges are an innovative (and increasingly popular) method for rewarding or motivating students or for acknowledging achievements. Edmodo has the ability to create and award badges, offering pre-made badges in addition to giving teachers the ability to create their own or use badges shared by other teachers.
- One of my favorite tools is the Planner. This is where a teacher can literally plan the flow of a unit or activity. Assignments and quizzes auto-populate based on due dates, but additional events can be added. Since students can also see the Planner for their particular group, this is a great tool for keeping students (and parents) up-to-date on what’s happening when.
- One of the biggest drawbacks to Edmodo is that it’s difficult to find things with the search bar. Often, even if a teacher knows the exact title of a post or attachment, the search will fail to find anything. And since the feed is chronological, something posted at the beginning of the year is completely buried by more recent posts, making it almost impossible for students to go back and reference that information. An improved search tool would help here.
- Additionally, the apps, which are at interesting idea, aren’t particularly well integrated or explained, leaving many teachers uncertain of their usefulness. This is particularly true of the paid apps.
- Edmodo is a primarily a communications tool and not a full-fledged LMS, and therefore it doesn’t have many of the sophisticated tools and options that Blackboard, Haiku, or Moodle offer (such as chats, forums, contingent assignments, etc.). Many teachers don’t understand the difference between Edmodo and LMS tools, leaving them frustrated when the service doesn’t allow them to do a particular activity. However, knowing the purpose of Edmodo and choosing the appropriate tool for the teacher’s needs will minimize this issue.
- Edmodo has increased communication between teachers and students, particularly after school hours.
- By providing an online file cabinet for handouts, worksheets, notes, presentations, etc. Edmodo has increased the likelihood that students will be able to complete their assignments once they get home without worrying about what they left at school or what the dog ate.
- For many advisors, Edmodo offers a safe place to have discussions, a place to post resources for students, and a place to remind students about upcoming events.
- The counselors at my previous school use Edmodo to communicate scholarship deadlines, community service opportunities, and other school-related events.
- Parents love Edmodo because they can see what their students should be doing (of course, this ability depends on the amount of information a teacher posts and the tools he or she chooses to use).
- Students seem to like Edmodo because it reminds them of Facebook (and Edmodo is often touted as "Facebook for schools"). Sometimes there is a learning curve for the less obvious tasks (like how to submit an assignment, how to upload their own work to their "Backpack," and how to access the Planner), but most students express an appreciation of and positive view of Edmodo, even requesting it over other LMS tools because it is so simple.
- Haiku,Moodle,Coursera,Schoology
Edmodo is primarily for communicating and collaborating, and because its purpose is different, it doesn't have many of the options and tools that one expects from a LMS (Learning Management System). While it excels at connecting parents, students, and teachers, as well as allowing simple assignments and quizzes, it doesn't offer the same abilities as a forum or chat, nor does it allow for more power strings (or contingent) assignments.
Personally, this year, I'm using Edmodo for my advisory and my gaming club. It gives me a place to communicate with them, poll them on activity options, discuss things, and alert them to upcoming events. However, for my classes (which are somewhat blended), I currently use Haiku (although in the past I've used Moodle, Schoology, and Coursera) because it offers more options for transmitting information and assessing understanding. I've also found that the structure of a "traditional" LMS is easier for students when they want to go back to information presented in previous projects, units, quarter, and/or semesters.
Personally, this year, I'm using Edmodo for my advisory and my gaming club. It gives me a place to communicate with them, poll them on activity options, discuss things, and alert them to upcoming events. However, for my classes (which are somewhat blended), I currently use Haiku (although in the past I've used Moodle, Schoology, and Coursera) because it offers more options for transmitting information and assessing understanding. I've also found that the structure of a "traditional" LMS is easier for students when they want to go back to information presented in previous projects, units, quarter, and/or semesters.
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Edmodo has a great support team. They have support communities for both regular teachers and for each school's admin. When a teacher or admin posts an issue, someone usually responds within an hour or two. Sometimes it takes even less time, since other admins or teachers (depending on the support community being accessed) can also help answer the question.
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As a former school Edmodo admin, I've submitted several issues my teachers ran into. Within an hour or so, I had a response from the support team. If it was a fixable issue, they offered instructions or fixed it on their end. If it was something that wasn't implemented, they offered to add it to their "wish list" or gave me a timeline in which they were planning to introduce a fix or feature.
When I was the school admin, just after Edmodo had upgraded to their new interface, my teachers were having horrible lag issues that often prevented them from uploading documents or even accessing the site. I used the Admin Support Community to post the issues and within minutes, the support team had responded with recommendations (and they also checked things with their servers to see if there was something happening there). Other Admins chimed in with whether they were having an issue, and within a day or two the whole problem was resolved (it involved some tweaks here and there, so it took a bit longer than usual).
- Creating assignments and quizzes are really easy, with options like forward dating and self-checked multiple choice questions.
- The Planner provides a quick and easy way to lay out activities and assignments for the week or the month.
- Grading assignments is really simple because documents are displayed in a pop-up as opposed to forcing the user to download and open the file.
- The badges are great! They are easy to use and are a fun way to motivate and reward students.
- Using the search bar to find a previously posted assignment is horribly frustrating. Many times nothing comes up, even when the exact title or wording is used.
- Posts get buried quickly making it hard to find information after a few days.
- Attaching files from the library could be easier. It runs into the same search issues as the main search bar, often finding nothing when a file exists.
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It's pretty good, however, there are some basic functions missing (like access to the planner), so I don't use it too often. When I do access the app, I mostly use it to check messages. Posting assignment and creating quizzes are definitely easier if they are undertaken online rather than through the app.