1. Your Online Classroom www.edmodo.com By: Tiffaney Lavoie, KEDC tiffaney.lavoie@kedc.org

2. Your Turn to Create a Teacher Account www.edmodo.com

3. First Things First : Become a member in my RMTW group www.edmodo.com No emails required! My group code is:

4. RMTW Edmodo Resources Find helpful documents inside the “Edmodo resources” folder on the RMTW group page

5. Ways to Use Edmodo:

6. A Student Quick Start Guide :

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

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

9. For Detailed Help, Download the User Guide: RMTW > Folders > Edmodo Resources > User Guide

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

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

12. 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.

13. Join an Edmodo Community www.edmodo.com/communities

14. Ways to Incorporate Edmodo  Posting Assignments  Parent and Student Communication  Authentic Audience  Peer Reviews, whole class discussion  Platform for Lesson Delivery  Formative Assessment

15. http://theedublogger.com http://technorati.com Other Resources as You Venture Into Blogging:

16. 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, 2010. 227-229. 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 items for a camping trip 4. Present a rationale for their decisions to purchase various items needed for survival Effective use of Blogger and Google Search Item Individual Use or Shared? Why this item is neededCost total

17. 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 email 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. 2011..

18. Fun with Baseball Stats Students will work with fractions, decimals and percentages using baseball statistics Students will recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics "Illuminations: Fun with Baseball Stats." Illuminations: Welcome to Illuminations. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Aug. 2011..

19. Multiplying Binomials: Three methods Box Distributiv e 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:

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21. Questions???