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| Know Edmodo |
| posted by: Jill | July 20, 2011, 02:14 PM |
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How much have you developed your Professional Learning Community? (PLC) Or maybe a Professional Learning Network? (PLN) Does your school lack in funding for professional development? Or maybe you would like to have a social networking experience with your students and your school blocks Facebook/Twitter. Or maybe you just aren't quite ready to conquer Twitter language? Perhaps you have recently moved to a new state and you're trying to learn the ropes of teaching a new population of students. Or maybe you're at a school that, unfortunately, lacks opportunities for collaborating with your colleagues. Want to find new teaching strategies? Or develop a different content-specific curriculum? Want one answer for all of those questions? Edmodo—A Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students. Boom. It's awesome. Watch the introductory video. Over the last month, I have attended numerous conferences and Edmodo has been discussed in some way or another at each one. Either a presenter mentions it, users advocate for it, or a workshop is helping educators use it for the first time. Some Edmodo perks include:
The conference goal "is for EdmodoCon to become a global gathering of educators who believe in the power of collaboration and social media to improve education worldwide. Educators from all over the world will come together to celebrate the creative ways you are using Edmodo in the classroom, learn new ideas that you can use immediately, and challenge each other and the Edmodo team to think way beyond our existing ideas of social learning." This conference is meant for all education stakeholders according to the organizers:
Do you already use Edmodo? What do you think? Comment below.
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