How to Use Edmodo in the Classroom Edmodo, also known as “Facebook for school,” is the premier social media and learning platform for teachers and students alike. Founded in 2008, the site has since gained over 20 million users. The K-12 social media network continues to grow and is now available in six languages, including Spanish, German and Greek. The platform’s app equivalent brings portability into the equation, which means educators, students and even parents can always access Edmodo when they need it. How Teachers Can Use It With Edmodo, teachers can truly bring the classroom online. Users also have unlimited options in terms of sharing digital content. Communities allow teachers to browse subjects in order to find and share information within a broad stream of content and conversations related to that topic. The platform offers numerous organizational features for teachers, even offering an option for users to print out rosters for substitutes. How Administrators Can Use It How Students Can Use It
10 Ways of using Socrative – Learning Inspired Socrative is an essential app for any teacher. It is as simplistic as it is useful. This web-based app is a great tool for assessment, quizzing and engaging children in learning activities. Socrative enables teachers to create bespoke questioning activities that connect to multiple iPads. 1) Bespoke Quizzing The most obvious way of using Socrative is to create customised quiz’s for your class. 2) Multiplication Tests / Spelling Tests A less obvious way to use the quizzing nature of the app is through the ‘short answer’ questioning option. 3) Timed mental maths The app allows you to present and run your tests in a number of different ways. 4) Competitive Quizzes As I have eluded to previously, you can present your questions in four different ways. You can simply engage the children in a quiz that they take part in as individuals. 5) Exit Tickets Another great way of presenting your questions is through the ‘Exit Ticket’ activity. 6) Self Assessment assessment practices in the classroom.
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12 Ways to Use Kahoot! in Your Classroom If you haven’t heard of Kahoot! yet, you’ve got to check it out! The teachers on our We Are Teacher HELPLINE! frequently rave about the free website teachers can use to play review games and quizzes with their students. Bonus: Kids can log in to the platform from any device, even their cell phones. Last week, teacher Beth asked for some specific advice on how to use the site: “Can anyone give me ideas for how they use Kahoot! Beth, we’ve got you covered. After you’ve created an account, launch a game and then have students input the unique pin at kahoot.it. 2. 3. ... 4. 5. 9. 10. On the flip side, you could also do this as a pre-assessment, piquing students’ interests and gauging what they already know about the topic by asking questions before teaching the material. 11. 12.
11 Ways to use Symbaloo in the Classroom – The Edublogger NOTE: This is a guest post by Mimi Chau from the Symbaloo team. Edublogs just rolled out a free Symbaloo plugin available to all users that we think you’ll enjoy! What is Symbaloo? Symbaloo is a free social bookmarking tool. A fun and simple way to organize and store all your digital resources in the cloud. You can categorize your resources, share and access them from any device. Why Should You Symbaloo? Symbaloo helps teachers curate content and share the best of the web with their students. “Help, I’m drowning!” As schools start to implement 1:1 or BOYD methods in the classroom, teachers are required to keep up with the latest technology and teaching methods. And what about the “non tech-savvy” teachers that are struggling with technology? Symbaloo allows teachers to share valuable resources with their students and with each other. How do you Symbaloo in your classroom? 11 Ways to use Symbaloo in the Classroom 1. How do you share links with your students and parents? 2. Music Webmix: 3.
Everything Teachers Need to Know about Remind101 April 18, 2014Remind101 is a great web tool that provides teachers with a way to safely text message students and stay in touch with parents. You can send your Remind101 messages from your computer or phone. Remind101 apps for iPad, iPhone and Android are now available. There are 3 simple steps to use Remind 101 : Create a class, share a code, and send messages. Here is how it works: Each class you create is assigned a unique code which is what students and parents use to sign up for your notifications.To sign up, they need to send Remind101 a text message with their unique code The good thing about Remind101 is that it works on any phone and it does not have to be a smartphone. Some of the features that Remind101 provides for teachers include: You can schedule your messages to be sent laterRemind101 is safe because students are identified by name not number. Here are some video tutorials to help you learn more about Remind101 and how to use some of its features: 1- What is Remind101