Edmodo


 * Edmodo** is a web-based platform that provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades, and school notices. It is like Facebook, but in a safe and controlled environment appropriate for school.

@https://hcpss.edmodo.com

HCPSS Office of Instructional Technology
 * Getting Started with Edmodo (1 hour)
 * Using Edmodo for Assessment (1 hour)
 * Using Edmodo to Personalize Instruction (1 hour)
 * Resources on Alfresco
 * Edmodo Set-Up Quick Card

Edmodo provides a secure environment in which you can create a classroom group for your students. In this virtual group, you can :
 * How can I use Edmodo with my students?**
 * Place digital resources on Edmodo for students to access or download,
 * Create polls for students to vote online.
 * Write short summaries of lessons for students who were absent from class.
 * Post homework information.
 * Create quizzes for students to take online.
 * Post questions and have students respond.

Edmodo explicitly deals with school and teacher concerns about social networking for students in the following ways:
 * What makes Edmodo a secure environment for my students?**
 * Each Edmodo class group is managed and controlled by the teacher.
 * Students need an access code to join the class. If a student shares the code outside the class, the teacher can change it, without affecting students already joined in the group.
 * Students can only communicate to the whole class or to the teacher – private messages between students are not possible.
 * Anonymous posting is not possible.
 * Teachers can delete posts.
 * Parental access to their children’s posts and to the teacher is an optional feature.

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 * TUTORIALS**
 * [VIDEO] What is Edmodo? (a quick explanation of why to use Edmodo in the classroom)
 * [VIDEO] Part 1: Getting Started with Edmodo
 * [VIDEO] Part 2: Edmodo Assignments (an explanation of how to create and give assignments; prefaced with a description of how parents can access their students' work)
 * [VIDEO] Part 3: Using the Calendar (an overview of how the calendar in Edmodo can be used by the teacher and students)
 * [VIDEO] Creating a Quiz in Edmodo (an explanation of how to create quizzes in Edmodo)
 * 20 Ways to Use Edmodo (Educational Technology & Mobile Learning)
 * Student Progress and Badges (Educational Technology & Training)
 * Using Edmodo Badges for Tracking Student Progress ... in Kindergarten (even though this is geared toward younger students, it has great ideas for all grades)
 * [VIDEO] Create a Badge in Edmodo (a demonstration of how to create a student badge in Edmodo)


 * RESOURCES**
 * Edmodo Cheat Sheet (LCISD, 2009)
 * Sample Edmodo Student/Parent Letter
 * Edmodo (and Realidades) Sign-up Directions for Students (adapted from a similar document by Jennifer Street)