Week 9: Blog post 11: Using Edmodo for teaching
and learning
Based on the readings in this week, and your own experience in
using Edmodo, write a post to discuss at least three ideas for using Edmodo for
teaching and learning. Be specific about the grade level, subject area, and
what you or your students will do with Edmodo.
Edmodo.com is an online educational community that can be used in
classrooms to make online learning a possibility. In my third grade classroom,
I would use Edmodo for Snapshot assessing, student writing projects and for
online book clubs and literature circles.
Edmodo has its own form of assessing, which is called Snapshot. In this
assessment, the teacher can choose objectives in which she wants to see where
the students are and the program generates questions based on the objectives.
This is very useful and efficient for teachers because it creates high quality
questions for the teacher and the teacher can save time by not having to create
the questions. Also, the program generates a score for the student’s
performance. With those results, the teacher is able to see if the students are
understanding the objectives and where there may need to be more reteaching.
Another way I would use Edmodo in my class is to create student writing
assignments and other homework assignments. It is really simple to create and
grade assignments on this program and it would be good for students to be able
to do it in an electronic format. I think I would use it for writing prompts
and the writing process because it would be easy to conference with the student
online and be able to give the student comments and notes on their writing in
an electronic format.
A third way I would use Edmodo in my classroom is to create groups
within my class that could serve as book clubs and literature circles. If I could
create groups and assign certain roles to certain students, it would allow
students to collaborate and work together on this online community.
From what I have learned this week and with my experience with Edmodo,
the possibilities are endless. Edmodo is a great tool to be able to use as a
teacher and to get the students learning and working online is invaluable for current
students because they are so well versed in technology and are so naturally
good at it! Edmodo is a tool I will hope to implement in my classroom!
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI agree that one of the best things about Edmodo is the ability to give student feedback and provide help. As a teacher, you can respond quickly and provide continuous support for students. We can access their work and even provide feedback over the weekend, so that they can amend and make corrections before turning in the final version of their work when they come back to school on Monday, or whenever the due date is.
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Snapshot in Edmodo is really great because educators can assess their students on specific objectives. Creating a Snapshot is really easy in Edmodo for elementary, secondary or high school levels. For college students, professors have to expend more time preparing exams since there is not already information/questions/materials regarding to the chosen objectives for college level. However, it is really useful.
Thanks,
Maria
Hello Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about how easy it is to create homework assignments and quizzes with this online tool. It provides a different way for students to expose to an assessment in digital format. I think that students enjoy using Edmodo because it is similar to Facebook format and students can be immerse in a learning community where they feel engage to participate in class activities.