If you’ve worked in the classroom, attended EdTech conferences, or kept up to date with the latest happenings in the technology world, then there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard of Edmodo. There’s also a pretty good chance you’ve already used it with your students. But, if not, you can learn all about it in this week’s Rising Resources blog! Edmodo is an online platform that serves teachers, students, and parents in different ways, helping to create an efficient classroom and ideal experiences for kids both at school and at home. It’s a fun, easy, and safe way for teachers to engage their students, but, best of all, Edmodo is free!
Since we’re big proponents of making teachers’ lives easier, let’s start by discussing how Edmodo can improve their day-to-day experiences. Within the Edmodo platform, teachers who have access to an Edmodo account can send messages, share class materials, and open up their classroom resources to be available from anywhere. It’s designed to save educators as much time as possible when they’re planning and organizing outside of the classroom for how they will educate their students inside the classroom and provide key feedback to students whenever they need it. Teachers can create an account and immediately start improving the learning experience for their students. They can send them private messages or share public posts for students to see.
Also, as part of the offerings for educators, the Edmodo team provides resources that have been created exclusively for teachers by other teachers. Within Edmodo, educators can connect with a community of fellow teachers and find both support and inspiration. With custom tailored content and the option to follow any hashtags relevant to them, educators who use Edmodo can find creative, new ideas for how to improve their unique classroom! They can also create their own digital assignments or quizzes and integrate other digital tools with Edmodo.
As for students, they can actively contribute to classroom conversations either while in class or at home. This feature has been known to help students find their voice and build confidence for contributing in class while also learning more about what it means to be a digital citizen. With more lively conversations, Edmodo can certainly help create a more vibrant classroom environment for students to enjoy and benefit from! Edmodo also helps ensure students never miss the latest updates regarding assignments and progress from their teachers, helping to get them in the habit of actively seeking feedback.
Edmodo can certainly help students become and stay organized, too. One of its best features is its class folders feature, which enables students to organize all relevant files from each of their classes and keep them all separate. This helps create much more efficiency and organization as they sift through past assignments and plan for what’s up ahead. There is also a built-in planner for any students who will benefit from some extra organization!
They can make notes of what they need to study for and when, what their homework is, when their tests and quizzes are, and any other general reminders they need to be on top of to succeed! Plus, they can message their teachers and receive quick and helpful feedback if they ever get stuck on something while working on assignments from home. They can also use this feature to create group chats for maximizing efficiency and communication in group projects!
And, you may have guessed this already, but Edmodo also helps parents out, too. Teachers can use its messaging features to provide regular, general updates to all parents who have an account or send private messages to certain moms and dads when the situation calls for it. Teachers can also share specific academic progress for each student and show parents where they might need to focus a little more to get back on track.
Edmodo is a free tool for everybody in the school district to enjoy. They have created a strong community of educators, who actively use technology to make the learning and communication experiences better for students and their parents. Edmodo also provides professional development features so that users can learn how to make the most of it school-wide. To learn more about Edmodo, visit their website and explore all of its features! After that, head over to our store to explore some of the most efficient hands-on EdTech tools. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram as well for all of the latest updates from the EdTech world!