I am so excited to be able to view my cooperating teacher's edmodo page for his classes. In case you have not heard of Edmodo, it is an online school portal set up by class. It is modeled after the all too familiar Facebook. Teachers can post links for students to view to cultivate prior knowledge. Documents, power points, PDFs and images can also be uploaded into Edmodo. Students each have a profile where they can access the class information and post questions about links, documents, and homework. This online social education portal also allows for collaboration much like many other portals. The difference that I can determine from Edmodo and other discussion based learning portals is that conversation is more natural across the Edmodo page. Posts and responses are more fluid and less staged in this Edmodo program. From the amount of participation from students I can conclude that Edmodo is a viable resource for teachers of 21st century learners. Edmodo is also very user friendly in that it is simple to create and maintain. If this seems like something you are interested in feel free to visit the link I post below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCfnb9vTPSo
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