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TCEA 2012. TCEA 2012 Session Information for Kim Munoz and Cathy Sharp Using Edmodo in the Classroom Click on the image to open the presentation.

TCEA 2012

I’ll be doing a free webinar over using Edmodo with SimpleK12 on Feb. 24th. Register here! Tech Integration: Engage and Educate All presentation materials and handouts can be found on Cathy Sharp’s website. No Comments. A Handy Guide to Everything Teachers Need to Know about Edmodo. What is edmodo ?

A Handy Guide to Everything Teachers Need to Know about Edmodo

Edmodo is a web-based platform that provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Share ThingLink Images in Edmodo. Creating a Paperless Classroom With Edmodo Quizzes & Assignments. Tagged with: 1:1Earth Daypaperless This is a guest post by Kelley Taylor, a 6th grade teacher at Christ the King School in Lexington, KY.

Creating a Paperless Classroom With Edmodo Quizzes & Assignments

If you are interested in contributing to the Edmodo Blog, please complete this form. Connect with Kelley on Edmodo or follow her @kelley1221 Background I teach sixth grade language arts and religion at a Catholic school in Lexington, Kentucky. Going Paperless Within the first month, I found that my classes were completely paperless. More efficiency in assessing and differentiating lessonsDocumentation of class discussions (especially literature circles) and assignment submissionIncreased opportunities for student participation and collaborationExposure to 21st century skills for students Making the Transition to Paperless Before I was paperless, students would practice grammar skills exercises every day in class and then for homework.

Flip Your Classroom With the Edmodo Scavenger Hunt. Tagged with: Language ArtsMiddle Schoolstudents This is a guest post from Melissa Butler, a 6th grade Language Arts teacher from South Orange, New Jersey.

Flip Your Classroom With the Edmodo Scavenger Hunt

If you are interested in contributing to the Edmodo Blog, please complete this form. Use Edcanvas in Edmodo for Visual Organization and Sharing of Resources. School Library Monthly - Edmodo: A Great Tool for School Librarians” School Library Monthly/Volume XXIX, Number 5/February 2013 Edmodo: A Great Tool for School Librarians by Kristina Holzweiss Kristina Holzweiss is a school librarian at Bay Shore Middle School in Long Island, NY.

School Library Monthly - Edmodo: A Great Tool for School Librarians”

She is an Edmodo Ambassador who also moderates a website of free Common Core resources ( To join her national school librarian cohort in pursuit of National Board Certification, email her at lieberrian@yahoo.com School librarians are in a profession where it is easy to be isolated. Edmodo and Common Core State Standards I first experienced the possibilities of Edmodo at a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) workshop. Edmodo, a cyber-safe social learning network, was created in 2008 as the brainchild of Nic Borg and Jeff O’Hara: "…to evolve our school environment to reflect the connected world in which we live, set out to create a tool that closes the gap between how students live their lives and how they learn in school ( Library Integration Professional Development Make an Impact.

3 Ways to Use ThingLink and Edmodo - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad. Email Share January 9, 2013 - by Susan Oxnevad 36 Email Share If you’re a teacher looking for ways to engage and inspire students you should consider creating interactive graphics with ThingLink and publishing them in Edmodo. It’s easy! ThingLink is a free and user friendly digital tool for creating interactive graphics that supports a variety of multimedia. Share ThingLink Images in Edmodo. EDMODO Professional learning materials. . . « Oh, the thinks I can think! 3 Mar I have been asked a few times to provide the various powerpoints, handouts etc that I have used to promote EDMODO, so, here they are ALL in one spot!

EDMODO Professional learning materials. . . « Oh, the thinks I can think!

WHY you should use EDMODO? Integrating online learning tools into your teaching – - – > Prezi hereHOW TO EDMODO! Comic life handout – - – -> how to edmodo V.2EdmodoCon 2011 presentation recording “Aussie showcase 1:1″ – - – -> video hereTeachMeet world record Sydney workshop presentation WITHOUT audio – - -> here TeachMeet world record Sydney workshop presentation WITH audio – - -> teach meet 15min There are SOOOOOOO many resources that Edmodo provide on both their BLOG and their HELP pages- See what rollout resources they have before you go and re-invent the wheel!

Features: New Enhancements to Quizzes. Tagged with: Featuresquizzes Since the launch of Edmodo quizzes we’ve received a lot of great feedback from the Edmodo Community on how to make them better.

Features: New Enhancements to Quizzes

Over the past year, we’ve made several updates based on this feedback and today we’re excited to share with you more enhancements! Here’s an overview of what’s new, with screen captures to guide you below: Print option – Print a copy of the quiz you created by selecting the printer icon located below the “Assign Quiz” button. EdmodoTeacherHub - About. Vol.#15: The Edmodo Education. I started using Edmodo over the past couple of months.

Vol.#15: The Edmodo Education

Specifically, I offered it as one option to complete a reading project. I’d thought having a smaller group of students to start would help me ease into it, however over 75% of my 109 students opted for the Edmodo choice instead of the more traditional alternative. I used the Edmodo quizzes as part of the assessment for the project.

Now having used them, I see the quiz feature as having a likely future in my classroom as formative assessments, such as homework, as opposed to actual “quizzes”. Edmodo does not allow retakes easily and both the timed feature and occasional glitches in the system make quizzes that “count” stressful. While pondering the future of this possibility, I had my students complete the following Consens-o-gram. Free online tutorial for using EDMODO. Links to Teacher-Created Groups. Best content in Edmodo Teachers. Help Center. Www.tcea2012.org/2012/Custom/Handout/Speaker6734_Session1219_1.pdf. TCEA 2012. Underground edmodo groups – seeking out the cool stuff.

I love stuff that is DIY, organic and underground.

Underground edmodo groups – seeking out the cool stuff

Sounds as though I like potatoes that have been grown by a child without fertiliser, doesn’t it? Well I think you know what I mean. At least I hope you do! I’ve been using edmodo since 2009 and was there to watch the birth of the very first official ‘communities’ – you can see them here. Wall - Edmodo. Edmodo.