Classroom tops Edmodo
September 25, 2015
Classroom tops Edmodo
Score 1 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Edmodo
Edmodo was being used by most of our teachers as a classroom management tool. It began as being used only by a few of us, but turned into a whole school initiative, where we trained all of our staff on how to utilize it with our students. It solved the problem of how to distribute information to our students, assign assignments, as well as hold class discussions both in and out of class.
- Classroom discussions. A teacher is able to pose a question and students were able to respond and discuss it, often times at home.
- Posting assignments. Teachers were able to post assignments and students were able to see them all the time, even when they are absent.
- Going paperless. Edmodo helped us make the transition to going paperless.
- Class discussions were incredibly helpful, but were not easily threadable, causing students to not always be able to respond to each other.
- Connecting with Google Drive was hit and miss, and in general required a lot of training and troubleshooting, even for our more technologically advanced teachers.
- When we were using it, it was the first time we began using a classroom management software. At that point the ROI was excellent. It helped us connect with our students in a very effective way.
We ended up choosing Google Classroom as it connects easily and automatically with our Google Apps for Education applications. Drive folders are automatically created and set up for our students. Teachers are able to share copies of documents and even create individual documents for our students. Assignments are easily turned in and returned. And now, Google Classroom has incorporated Google Calendar, which is also the way our students track their assignments and tasks. So for us, Google Classroom was the better alternative.