About Edmodo:
Edmodo is a social learning network for students, teachers, and parents. A teacher creates a group for each class and distributes the group code to each student. Once connected, students can write posts to classmates, teachers, and parents and upload media as well as view grades, submit assignments, and receive teacher feedback, features sites such as BlackBoard and Moodle utilize. The Edmodo community combines the efforts of students, parents, teachers, and school districts to help education appeal to students’ ever-increasing technological tastes. Edmodo is an addition to the classroom that will promote learning all hours of the day.
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In "Rewired," Rosen makes it clear that the iGeneration are very creative. They are also "highly social." Therefore I think Edmodo will be a great tool to keep the students engaged in the subject and keep them "on track" even outside of the classroom. Of course it cannot completely replace the "real" student-teacher interactions in a classroom setting but it's a great and promising supplement.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with a lot of the discussion that was happening in class. On its own, I don't think Edmodo could provide a very good education. However, as a supplement, I think it would work. It would be nice to have a surefire way of communicating with your peers and your teacher just as if you were on Facebook. I think it could make life easier on the teacher and the student. The teacher wouldn't have to answer so many emails about the same thing, and students could essentially just go onto the board and probably find the answer to their question because someone else has already asked it. It's a good tool to use, but nothing can replace the interaction that a classroom provides.
ReplyDeleteDieu is right, the difference between a supplement and a replacement is crucial in discussing the benefits of Edmodo. It seems like it would be great fun for the students to interact with, also allowing them access to communicate with each other and their teacher in the same way that they have become so used to in their endless hours of Internet and Facebook usage. It reminds me of the Facebook pages that I have joined in many of my college classes. Instead of sending mass emails in classes where you don't really associate with your classmates outside of class, you can post a question (When is the exam? Can I have your notes?) and you can get one helpful response and nobody else is bothered. I think it's really cool.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Dieu and Mandy. I don't think Edmodo was ever intended to replace classroom learning. Used as a supplement, it would be very beneficial. Edmodo is combining something that students already love (facebook) with something they may not love as much (school). I was thinking about the implications it may have learning and doing work in groups. Many students don't like group projects because of the extra time they have to spend getting together to work. Edmodo provides a good way for students to work together.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, what does edmodo do that Facebook couldn't handle? Sure, it might do some quizzes or something, but as for passing due dates and whatever else, there is no reason not to use a Facebook page. I think the creators of Edmodo thought that making it exactly like Facebook would make kids excited to use it, but who wants to log on to a virtual school, AFTER SCHOOL? As a kid, I feel that I would have hated this, and that it wouldn't have contributed much to my education.
ReplyDeleteWell some school boards have rules about teachers using Facebook with their students. So that would be an obstacle. Perhaps if this program were an add-on, a supplement to Facebook, students wouldn't have to go to a different site and they would have an accessible but separate teenager-friendly education tool.
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