PE4_Edmodo

I chose to stick with Edmodo as my Web. 2.0 tool. The more I got into this, the more I realized that this was going to be a great tool for my students to use. This has many wonderful features already built in. But one that I really like is that it is completely centered around students making "social" connections with one another and those connections revolve around student learning. As soon as I set this up and gave my students a few simple instructions, they are going crazy with it. And, even right now, they are still posting and interacting with one another.

I believe since this very similar to Facebook, the social networking site most are already quite familiar with, then it is easier for my students to navigate around.

So one of the first things that I did when I first started was to create my "groups," which are essential the different classes that I teach.

This is a list of the groups that I have set up, one for each of the middle school bands.

Here is a list of some students that have already signed up.

You can see some of the options on the far right hand side. The blue icon allows me to send out codes for parents to join. The next icon takes me to that students individual grade book. The lock icon allows me to reset a student's password (but, my student's would never need that!) And the last icon is for deleting students.

Here are some more things that you can do with in Edmodo.com. You can post notes, alerts, assignments, or polls.

Note

 

 

Alert

First assignment, after creating an account.

Poll

 

Another nice feature is that you can add links, files, and libraries. This is nice because students can upload files for assignments (ie., recorded assignments, practice logs, pictures, songs, etc.)

The spot light is an area that keeps me up to date about new postings, events, notes, etc.

In the next blog, I 'll go into more detail about how I've already become more familiar with this GREAT Web 2.0 Tool and how I intend on using it.