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Presented by: Tiffaney Lavoie Instructional Technology Consultant KEDC (859) Introduction to

An Alternative to Blogger for Younger Students

What is Edmodo? Online environment for learning where you can : 1.Deliver formative assessments 2. Post and grade assignments 3. Launch a poll for instant classroom feedback 4. Blog

What is Edmodo? 5. Upload content in virtually any format 6. Embed YouTube videos, Prezis, GeoGebra applets and more 7. Communicate with parents 8. Create a safe social networking environment

First Things First: Become a member of my KySTE Edmodo group First Things First: Become a member of my KySTE Edmodo group No s required! My group code is: 51e7p6

KySTE Edmodo Resources Find helpful documents inside the “Edmodo resources” folder on the KySTE group page

Ways to Use Edmodo: Found in the Resources folder in the KySTE group

A Student Quick Start Guide : Found in the Resources folder in the KySTE group

Next Step: Create Groups Groups = Classes Create as many groups as needed

Students Can Now Join Your Class: Just give them your Group Code Manage Student Info Here

For Detailed Help, Download the User Guide: KySTE> Folders > Edmodo Resources > User Guide

The Basics of Posting: 4 Ways to Post: Note Alert Assignment Poll

Adding Attachments to Your Posts: Files – Upload just about any file format! Link – Websites and embed code Library - Pull from your uploaded content library

Tag Your Posts = Info Finding Made Easy To Filter Tags: Latest Posts Right-Hand Column Select Desired Tag

Moderate Your Student Posts Group Settings: Advanced Options Moderate all Posts and Replies

Upload Your Files to the Library Every file that is uploaded to Edmodo ends up in your library. Folders allow you to organize your library by content area, class period, units covered, etc.

Edmodo App for iPhone, iPad, and Android

Join an Edmodo Community

Other Resources as You Venture Into Blogging:

The Camping Trip ·Lerman, James, and Ronique Hicks. "Lesson Plans." Retool your school: the educator's essential guide to Google's free power apps. Eugene, Or.: International Society for Technology in Education, Print. Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Add money to the thousands 2. Critique the rationale of other students 3. Identify and enumerate necessary item for a camping trip 4. Present a rationale for their decisions to purchase various items needed for survival Item Individual Use or Shared? Why this item is neededCost total

Bulging Backpacks: Scatter Plots How Blogging Can Be Used: 1. Pre-Assess understanding of scatter plots by having students post comments to an initial question 2. Allow the class to work in groups and once their scatter plot is created, have them take a picture with their mobile device (or a digital or document camera) and post the picture to the blog using the posting address. Have other groups comment to the image post on what they observe and how it compares to the scatter plot they created 3. As an exit slip, use an online polling website as a formative assessment tool and embed the question into a blog post "Bulging Backpacks." Math Solutions. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Aug

Multiplying Binomials: Three methods Box Distributive FOIL Have students break into groups, with each group viewing a different PowerPoint so that all three methods are explored. Have the students re-create the method the explored with a new problem and be prepared to present it to the group As the teacher, publish a post asking which method they feel is easiest or "clicks" with them. Students will respond in the form of a comment. Be sure they support their opinion Blogging Project:

Questions???

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