The attraction of Edmodo for me is that, as a platform, it resembles facebook and other social networking sites. There are educational apps that can integrated with different lessons. The security of Edmodo enables you to control the privacy settings so that you can create a safe and secure environment for students. Edmodo also has attractive features for For K-12 teachers. A teacher is able to give parents access to the classroom group, which ensures that parents are part of the learning process and can track their child's learning progress in class. This helps ensure accountability and can provide something that parents and teachers can discuss together during conferences.
You can create quizzes through Edmodo. It allows for multiple choice questions, T/F and short answer questions. This allows for a quick way to conduct formative assessments.
One of the drawbacks with Edmodo is that it does not allow for weighting of assignments. And because Edmodo gives students grades based on the assignments and quizzes that are uploaded, the grade on the site may not reflect what student's actual grade should be. That being said, teachers could decide to use Edmodo for homework assignments and quizzes if they decide to combine these scores for an overall grade category.
What I did enjoy about using this platform was that I was able to post to my students and after a short time my students felt comfortable contacting me through this platform. This was very helpful for posting updates about assignments or addressing questions to the class and continuing conversations beyond the classroom. As many of my students were not used to emailing, this seemed like a better medium for communication. I also liked that I could leave comments on students assignments to go with the grade. For writing assignments, Edmodo also allows for annotation and highlighting. This could save teachers time, especially if they were looking for an alternative to having an alternative to students emailing assignments to them and using a program such as Microsoft tracked changes in Word.
I did find that it was hard to keep students engaged and to respond on the site as my course progressed. I feel that if I were to use this site in the future, it would be more beneficial to have a number of activities and example quizzes created that could be adapted to my course.
You can create quizzes through Edmodo. It allows for multiple choice questions, T/F and short answer questions. This allows for a quick way to conduct formative assessments.
One of the drawbacks with Edmodo is that it does not allow for weighting of assignments. And because Edmodo gives students grades based on the assignments and quizzes that are uploaded, the grade on the site may not reflect what student's actual grade should be. That being said, teachers could decide to use Edmodo for homework assignments and quizzes if they decide to combine these scores for an overall grade category.
What I did enjoy about using this platform was that I was able to post to my students and after a short time my students felt comfortable contacting me through this platform. This was very helpful for posting updates about assignments or addressing questions to the class and continuing conversations beyond the classroom. As many of my students were not used to emailing, this seemed like a better medium for communication. I also liked that I could leave comments on students assignments to go with the grade. For writing assignments, Edmodo also allows for annotation and highlighting. This could save teachers time, especially if they were looking for an alternative to having an alternative to students emailing assignments to them and using a program such as Microsoft tracked changes in Word.
I did find that it was hard to keep students engaged and to respond on the site as my course progressed. I feel that if I were to use this site in the future, it would be more beneficial to have a number of activities and example quizzes created that could be adapted to my course.
