EDMODO

www.edmodo.com

So far this has been the best educational tool that I have come across.

For those that don't know or havent heard about Edmodo, in simplistic terms it's facebook for schools. You set up a teacher account and create a group/s. You then have your students join your group so that you can stay connected to them at all times. Similar to facebook you have status updates/post that everyone can see. This works great if you do activities in class and want to look at them at the end. Students just upload theirs to the class page and everyone can look, enjoy and learn. You can also add comments and like posts, so marking and feedback is very easy to do. Alerts are also a great tool, as you can remind students of upcoming deadlines or exams and they come up as highlighted notifications. Once you get the hang of Edmodo you can also set up assignments and mark books online, add polls, have parent accounts so you can give feedback in a timely manner and parents can see what the students are doing, you can also upload worksheets, web links, presentations to your account and make them available to your students. It works great if students are away or didnt finish activities as they can go back to them at any time.

The best bit about Edmodo is that it is complelty private unless you give access to each student. You can stop kids from posting, you can proof and posts before they are posted and you get to change and assign privacy according to how you want to work.  It's also great for teacher development as you can connect to educators all around the world and share ideas and resources.

Amazing educational tool.

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