November 5, 2012 Edmodo in the Classroom

Teacher - Created Assignments ✤ Daily Math Word Problem ✤ Review of previous lesson ✤ Students explain their reasoning ✤ Language frame/Modeled thinking for ELL scaffolding

Teacher - Created Assignments ✤ Reading assignments ✤ Articles attached as files ✤ Critical thinking questions ✤ Language frames to scaffold for ELLs ✤ Students learn to navigate between screens

Teacher - Created Assignments ✤ Writing ✤ Submitted through “Backpack” feature ✤ Students can work at home and at school ✤ Online one-to-one feedback saves instructional time

Teacher - Created Assignments ✤ Book Groups ✤ Comprehension questions as assignments ✤ Book Blogs

Edmodo Apps ✤ GoAnimate ✤ Demonstrate comprehension of lessons taught ✤ Must have correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar ✤ GATE or learners who like a challenge ✤ Attention to detail ✤ Most are created at home Animations from iSafe lessons

Edmodo Apps ✤ Vocabulary/Spelling City ✤ Homework is assigned online ✤ Activities must be completed correctly before moving on to the next one ✤ No more copies, no instructional time used to correct papers, spelling test scores automatically uploaded ✤ Parent notification as soon as student completes test ✤ Students can print out certificate after test

Edmodo Apps ✤ Sokikom Math ✤ Peer-to-peer competition ✤ Teams ✤ Lessons ✤ Visuals to manipulate ✤ Behavior rewards as Sokikom cash

Showcasing Student Work ✤ What about walk-throughs? ✤ Post Edmodo Assignment ✤ Journal work ✤ Copy of proficient student work

Grades on Edmodo ✤ Quizzes graded immediately ✤ Parents informed ✤ Quick feedback allows students to improve scores ✤ More accessible for teachers ✤ No more carrying or forgetting assignments in class ✤ Grade and give feedback from anywhere

Post Notices to Parents & Students ✤ Notices go to students and parents ✤ Camp packets ✤ Deadlines ✤ Up-Coming events at school

School-wide Usage ✤ Weekly math quizzes ✤ 2nd - 6th grade, including SDC classes ✤ Principal monitors grade- level averages for “red flags” ✤ Several using Vocabulary/Spelling City

What do students think?

What do parents think?