Using Edmodo

How can it help in the classroom and beyond.

What is Edmodo

To those that might be unsure, Edmodo is a way of connecting with your students, to share info and to extend the learning environment beyond the classroom

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Home page

This is the main page. Here you have an overview of what is going on and can navigate to the various areas you may need.

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Adding a new group

On the left you will see the groups tab. To add a new group click the + icon, select Create and add the details in.

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Your group code

Once the group is created you will get a group code that you will need to share with the students. You will find it in the group details. You can also get a group web link you can send to students to join.

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Navigation

At the top of the page you have your navigation section. From here you can get back to the main page by clicking on the house icon. The heart beat line next to it is a way to see the progress of students if you are setting assignments. (more on this later)

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Communication

One great use is to check the understanding of students in the lesson. By posting a simple review and asking students to reflect, you can see where the gaps may be. It also supports literacy so a win win

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Options

At the top of the group page you have different options, send a simple message to which students can reply, send an alert or create a task, complete with a deadline. This option is great for setting homeworks and using the system to track that it has been done. To view this you just select the heart beat icon as shown earlier

Uses of Edmodo

Each teacher and each students is going to be different, there is no one magic answer to what will engage students in your classroom but i will try to list some ways I have used it and some ideas i have seen from others.

Reflection on learning

Getting the students to simply review what they have done is a positive tool, it both tracks progress but also gaps in learning. It will also have an impact on literacy skills if you choose it to be a specific focus. We look at simple punctuation of writing with our Y7

Managing courses

i use it with my BTEC classes to ensure that all of their coursework is stored in one place and is available at all times. By setting assignments i also have a simple way of ensuring deadlines are met. It acts as a personal organiser and saves me a load of time.

Flipped learning

This is a fairly simple notion of pre loading learning using homework as a starter to the lesson as opposed to a reflection of the lesson. You create or share information to be viewed before the lesson so that students come with ideas already in place that you can reflect on in the lesson. It is a great tool to ensure that students have the right information and can save time to do more developmental work in lessons.

Using Edmodo

How can it help in the classroom and beyond.

What is Edmodo

Home page

Adding a new group

Your group code

Navigation

Communication

Options

Uses of Edmodo

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