Edmodo is an online classroom communication tool designed for teachers and students to share resources and collaborate in a secure environment. It offers features such as group messaging, assignment management, and multimedia sharing, facilitating both face-to-face and online learning. While it promotes a paperless classroom and immediate communication, challenges include the need for teachers to have ICT training and managing learner expectations.

3. Introductions What is edmodo? Edmodo example Uses, benefits & challenges Q&A Try it out

4. What is edmodo? Edmodo is…

5. Edmodo is... ... an online classroom communications tool for teachers and students to share Notes, Files, links … Twitter for students & teachers … a private micro-blogging service for schools

6. What edmodo looks like... groups / classes your edmodo settings add links, files…

7. Try it out: 1) Go to www.edmodo.com 2) Click ‘student’ 3) Group code: rcv618 4) Fill in username etc. 5) Click ‘Sign up’

8. Try it out: 6) Click on ‘Conference’ 7) Read msg from Nicky 8) Type a response! NB : In ‘Send to’, type ‘Conference’, then click ‘Send’.

9. What edmodo looks like... groups / classes group messages the cool stuff filter messages by type

10. The cool stuff... embed video; add multimedia files set, receive & grade assignments add a poll

11. Blended ICT TT course: edmodo f2f Learners : shared project urls (e.g.blogs, dvolver), and usernames (e.g. delicious) provided one-line feedback on projects shared work (e.g. Paint jpegs) shared links and videos brainstormed (e.g one adv & disadv of x) gave quick feedback (e.g. on an activity; round up – one thing learned) Teacher : provided class worksheets provided class audio + tasks provided class video (embedded) gave instructions + links

12. Benefits : Challenges :

13. closed, secure network enrolment key immediacy share multimedia use for f2f and/or online classes paperless classes … . connections & hardware learner expectations (paper) retrieving info teacher fear – lack of ICT training …… Benefits : Challenges :

14. Q & A

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