edmodo - obea
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Slide show that supported a presentation at OBEA Fall Conference about Edmodo - connecting students, teachers, parents, and the community by Peter McAshTRANSCRIPT
Connecting Teachers, Students, Parents, and the Community
Edmodo
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OBEA Fall ConferenceOctober 29, 2011
Peter McAshSt. Marys DCVI
St. Marys, Ontario
edmodo.com/[email protected]@pmcashdcvi.typepad.com/mcash
Launched in 2008, Edmodo was created to address the demands of teachers and students seeking a secure social network for classroom use. Currently used by over 3.8 million educators, Edmodo is:• A free social learning network for teachers, students, parents, schools
and districts.• A secure and easy way to post classroom materials, share links and
videos, and access homework, grades and school notices.• A storage and sharing platform for all forms of digital content – blogs,
links, pictures, video, documents, presentations, and more. • Accessible online or using any mobile device, including Android and iOS.
Edmodo has special institutional features for schools and districts that can be accessed for free by administrators.
AccountsThe various types of accounts in edmodo are:• Teacher• Student• Parent• Admin (District / School domains)
Teacher Accounts• Communication (posting)
o Note, Alert, Assignment, Quiz, Pollo attachmentso direct post - parent, student, connections
• Groupso create and manage groupso small groups
• Gradeso simple marksbook - linked to assignmentso students / parents see personal results
• Calendaro linked to assignmentso personal / group postings
Teacher Accounts• Library
o resources• Settings
o account management: picture, email, notifications, name• Profile
o information you wish to share about yourself• PLN
o connections with other teacherso teacher groupso Edmodo Communities
Student Accounts• Communication (posting)
o Teachers(s) direct (private) reply to teacher posting (public) "Turn in" assignments (with / without attachments)
o Group(s)o View postings from teachers, groups, parent(s)
• Group membershipo using "join" code provided by teachero entire class groups / small groups
• Gradeso feedback from teacher(s)o status of assignments
• Calendaro (district / school) group events (posted by teachers/admin)o personal events (posted by the student)
Student Accounts• Library
o items attached to posts by teacher and items attached to assignment submissions
o Backpack - personal virtual file storage• Settings
o account management: picture, email, notifications, name• Profile
o information about themselves - how they like to learn and broad career goal
o connections - teachers, classmates, parent(s)o activity summary / group memberships
• Badgeso issued by teacher(s)
Parent Accounts• Communication (posting)
o Teacher(s) of parent's child(ren) direct (private)
o Child(ren) of the parento Groupso View "public" postings by teacher(s) of the parent's child(ren)
• Gradeso feedback from teacher(s) to child(ren) of the parento status of assignments
• Calendaro view (each child)
• Settingso account management: picture, email, notifications, name
Admin AccountsAdmin Accounts are for school / district domains.
• Manage the school / district• Calendar postings• Usage statistics
Edmodo Mobile Apps
Edmodo in actionDemonstration of my use of edmodo.
Getting started (BYOD)• create an account• account settings• profile• create group(s)• posting - note, alert, assignment, quiz, poll• PLN - making connections, communities• student account• parent account• public pages
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Wrap-up
• questions / comments / suggestions
Peter McAshSt. Marys DCVI
St. Marys, Ontario
edmodo.com/[email protected]@pmcashdcvi.typepad.com/mcash