edmodo & voicethread

Edmodo & VoiceThreadPlease log into your computers and go to:www.edmodo.com THANKS!

How can we tap into 21st Century Learning skills: critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity--in our current classrooms?

Why should we Edmodo?

Did You Know…

Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades, and school notices.

...to take your classroom BEYOND your 4 classroom walls!

Digital Natives:

Like many of you in this room, I’m a digital immigrant…. My two young daughters, on the other hand, will be digital natives. They’ll never know a world without ubiquitous broadband internet access…

We may never become true digital natives, but we can and must begin to assimilate to their culture and way of thinking. ---Rupert Murdoch

STUDENT experience:

1. Go to www.edmodo.com 2. Log in as a STUDENT

a. Student UserNameb. Passwordc. Student First Named. Student Last Name

The code to join the group is:9libwl

What did you notice about the login… different than other sites?

Click on PROFILE.

1. Choose a career.2. Search for a favorite quote(sports, humor, love, friendship, honor, honesty…)

Click on ACCOUNT Settings

We’re going to go through some of the things Edmodo offers:

1. 2 POLLS2. 1 QUIZZ3. 1 BLOG4. 1 Assignment5. 1 Alert5. 1 Note + Attachment

20 Ways to Use Edmodo

Edmodo APPS

This is a great way to differentiate, do small centers, reward positive behaviors, etc.

LIBRARY•You can add resources so you don’t have to keep adding them when you have multiple classes.•You can share resources with 1 class or multiple classes.

Teacher Roll-Out Resources--Sample Letters

--Security Best Practices

--Sample Edmodo Guidelines

What could be the BENEFITS of using EDMODO?

What could be challenges of using EDMODO?

Let’s get the basic set-up as TEACHERS this time:

1. Go to ACCOUNT, Logout.2. Sign up, but now click TEACHERS.3. Add your email this time: either school or personal email.

Once logged on,1. You will see a message in the top righthand corner : type in your name asyou want your URL to be.2. Type something about you!3. Go to Account

---Click Settings4. Choose profile picture:

---Upload a photo---Choose a pre-loaded image

5. Fill out Personal Information6. SAVE

Notification Type – Select the type of notifications you’d like to receive by checking the box next to one or more of these choices: Alerts, Notes, Direct Messages, Replies or New Group Members.

This is what the notifications look like---->

There’s much more to

but this is a great start!

Edmodo--A Tool for the 21st Century Learner!

VoiceThreadTransforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

What is a VoiceThread?Simply Speaking

How do you create one? Is it easy? Is it time consuming?

1. Let’s go to Google.com and get several pictures for our test VoiceThread.2. Right click on the picture and SAVE AS.

VoiceThread and MATH

Let’s test the 1-minute VoiceThread:

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