Edmodo

= Communication Tool: Edmodo = Group Members: Joe Talhelm and Shaily


 * Screenshot or logo**



Brief introduction of the tool
Edmodo is a social network built for use by teachers and students for use in the classroom. Edmodo provides a way for teachers and students to share notes, links, and files. Edmodo allows teachers and students to share links and files with each other, allow for teachers to post assignments and students will be allowed to look at their grades, posted by the teacher, privately. Teachers also have the ability to notify students with alerts, post imortant information on a group calendar and share polls with the classroom.


 * ===//Advantages of the tool//===


 * // Enhanced: //** Communication between students can be recorded on the web so if a student were absent, they wont always miss out on what happened in school. Also, if a parent wants to see whats going on in school, its much easier to give them a link to this page to send you messages. I would rather see my profile on this then parents snooping on my FaceBook.

//** Efficient: **// All the info that you need for your class can be stored in one place. If teaching in reality needed to use all 50+ websites we learned about over the last year, it would be a mess. Using this site, teachers can manage grades, polls, replies, projects, feeds, and other files. Its also efficient because you can send mass messages to different whole groups of people or just individuals.

//** Effective: **// A teacher having less stress to worry about means a happier teacher. The happier the teacher, the hopefully more receptive the students will be. Its also effective because the web site is strictly teachers making it much safer then a normal email system.
 * ===//Disadvantages (limitations) of the tool//===
 * //Confusion//**: Going on to this page, I felt as if it was a little blank. It looks very simple and I had difficulty navigating and looking up features. The help pages they offer aren't the most detailed but they pictures they had up were helpful.

Application of the tool in your subject area
Think of one example of integrating the tool in teaching your subject area. What will the teacher be doing? What will students be doing?


 * // Integration: //**If I somehow ended up teaching 4th grade and older, I think this would be a good tool to use on a consistent basis. This would be used for weekly discussion topics that would relate to class. Every Friday we will have a reflection type day. We can post how we felt about the main subjects we learned about during the week. I will post 1 homework a week online to be due Friday. Then on Friday i would post 3 questions to reflect on the week. Then, the parents who have joined the page can get an idea of what may be going on. Also, at the end of the year, students can see their old work and see how much they have improved.

//** Teacher: **// The teacher will post feedback and replies on what they had to say on atleast one of the questions. //** Students: **// They will post their responses for the week on the website. Students who are absent can get an idea of what went on through the eyes of the students. They can also post their own ideas online when they are sick. I am hoping it will be a fun activity that students will volunteer to do but is not required if they are sick.

Find a tutorial on YouTube
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===//List of key features showed in the YouTube video://===

The video is great and very descriptive in showing the user how to use each tool in an easy manner. The tutorial shows teachers how to post assignments and make the grades private, so that only the student and the teacher can see them. The video also shows how to post and share important dates that will be sent out to the students on the group calendar. Another key feature that the tutorial shows, is how to post notes to students that can can be shared privately. Finally, the Video shows how to save all of your work, sp all of that important work that you did will not be lossed in cyber space.

Useful Resources
If your classmates want to learn more about your topic, where should they go? Please recommend at least three websites and provide a brief description on each one. []- This is a blog about what Edmodo is and what important features that it offers. There is also a section about FAQ's that could help an individual out and answer the same question that they might have. []- is a website where people post different websites on and reviews are given and there are other tutorials listed here as well. If you really want to learn more about Edmodo, then you can just follow Edmodo on Twitter and see what the company is all about.