edmodo

I found Edmodo to be very familiar with Google forms. However, despite the similarities it feels more easy to use and user friendly. The thing that I liked about Edmodo is that I can invite my students to my group and assign them different tasks. This will play a very important role in students 12^th grade and beyond. I think that where Edmodo can really help is by increasing the level of engagement in the classroom. Edmodo helps the student investigate and cooperative with data with other classmates. This is important because the other students will be able to learn by participating in the polls. I think that the poll feature in Edmodo is very useful in a classroom where the teacher has to ask for the student’s feedback regularly. It is very important to create polls in the classroom so that the student feels that his or her opinion matters. Many classrooms do not put as much attention in student feedback, and teachers spend more time lecturing without realizing if a student is actually learning. This is where Edmodo becomes vital to increased learning. Classrooms as many teachers have stated, are only equipped with 45 minute lectures. There is not enough time to ensure that a student is learning by simply giving out a lecture in a traditional classroom. The teacher needs to be much more creative and use technological tools such as edmodo to provide maximum effective learning. With Edmodo you will be tackling three very important challenges in the classroom when you are teaching technology. These are engagement, feedback, and group activity. Instead of doing one after the other like that of a traditional classroom, you will be doing all three because you are using edmodo tools. This is very important in a classroom because you will be saving precious time. I did not see any lowlights of using edmodo. It is however, imperative that the teacher understands how to use the technology in order for it to be most effective. Ideally, these tools should help your classroom be on time on each lesson. Edmodo does require Internet, but this should be an upside. All of the assignments will be available online, and the student can complete them and submit them on edmodo. You will be able to extend deadlines and see how everyone is doing, and see if they are having difficulties and etc. You will be receiving constant feedback and that is very important because you will be able to tell if a student is learning or not.