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Advanced Edmodo Hoover City Schools District Professional Development November 21, 2011

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Hoover Professional Development Day 2011

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Advanced EdmodoHoover City Schools

District Professional DevelopmentNovember 21, 2011

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Welcome

Edmodo for Advanced Users

Presenter: Bill Mann

Simmons Middle School

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The Overview•Encouraging students to use

Edmodo

•Knowledge of other technology

•Dealing with tough students.

•Don’t be afraid, help is out there.

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#1: Create a great profile page

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#2: Professional Learning

Communities

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Create a “teacher lounge” where teachers within your school can discuss ideas and share content.

Creates a casual environment where online discussions can take place.

Share ideas, files and links between a voluntary group of teachers.

Teachers can contribute on their own time.

A) Teacher Lounge

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Edmodo is a great collaboration tool for district wide clubs like Robotics, Forensics, sports teams, etc.

Use the calendar feature to mark important dates/matches/meets/practices.

Notifications will help you update the group on important messages .

Post results, pictures, etc. for the group to view.

B) School Clubs

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#3: Choose Your Purpose

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#4: Post Assignments and give options

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#4: Conversations about assignments

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Give your students an enriching writing experience through Edmodo.

Help students tap into individualism, build self-esteem and measure how far they’ve come during the school year with writing projects:• Class Blog• Individual Blogs

Edmodo provides students a platform for sharing their writing with teachers, peers and family.

A) Student writing projects

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Help students understand key events by reenacting them through role playing activities.

Create student profiles for relevant figures and integrate knowledge in action.

Inject life into old curriculum and helps students develop the skills of initiative, communication, problem-solving, self-awareness, and working cooperatively in teams.

B) Role Playing*

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Encourage real-time discussions through Edmodo.

Extend learning beyond the classroom walls. (Backchannel during current events- e.g. State of the Union, Elections, breaking news stories, etc.)

C) Backchannel Discussions

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D) Science Probes*Engage your students through science probes on Edmodo.

Post videos and other interactive to supplement

Those students who are too shy to raise their hand in class, usually feel more comfortable communicating online.

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Take a project-based approached to learning by creating Edmodo sub groups.

Students can collaborate and work towards specific goals together in small groups.

The Edmodo platform allows for anytime, anywhere communication between students.

All group information can be shared and stored in Edmodo for easy access by all group members.

E) Project Based Learning*

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Encourage students to read and help make their reading experience more engaging with an Edmodo book club.

Host after school book clubs or summer book clubs.

Facilitate discussions with writing prompts.

Connect with other classrooms around the globe for book discussions.

F) Book Clubs*

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Take reading to the next level by having students critique each other.

Students can upload and listen to audio files directly on Edmodo.

Promotes encouragement between students in the classroom.

Helps improve listening skills

Not limited to reading, can also do art critiques, writing critiques, etc.

F) Reading Critique

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Connect your classroom with other classrooms within your school or around the globe.

Co-teachers can help grade assignments, monitor discussions, and post files or comments to the group.

Join an Edmodo subject area community to connect with other teachers around the globe.

G) Co-teaching*

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Help your students improve their grammar and punctuation by enforcing proper usage on Edmodo.

Require students to post in complete words and sentence (i.e. “you” not “u”, “I” not “i”).

Teach students proper use of social media tools to help prepare them for our connected world.

H) Grammar and Punctuation

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#5: Quick Checks and pre-

assessments

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#6: Instant Embeds

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#7: Create a Library of Posts with

Tagging

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#8: Create a Cross-Classroom Shared

Group

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#9: Post to yourself

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#10: Make things public

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#11: Link to Google Docs to share them

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#12: Ask for links to turn in project assignments

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#13: Create a playground

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#14: Feed your groups

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Keep up with all your favorite blogs through Edmodo!

Create an Edmodo group, retrieve the RSS links for the blogs you like to read and add them to the group.

Stay organized and up-to-date with content being shared by bloggers in your PLN.

A) RSS Feed

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#15: Teaching when you’re not teaching

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Edmodo is great for communicating when you or one of your students are absent from school.

Provide notes, assignments or other updates to students who are absent.

Communicate updates or check in with your your class if you are absent from school.

A) Sick days & absences

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Give your students an interactive educational experience through mobile devices.

Bring Edmodo on your next field trip

Post photos and create scavenger hunt questions, polls or quiz questions along the way.

Great for backchannel discussions

B) Mobile Learning

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What questions do you have?

What are your best uses?

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Join the 20 Ways to Use Edmodo group:Group code: 61ulgl

Check out our Edmodo In Action Videos:http://help.edmodo.com/ideas

www.youtube.com/educatormann

www.twitter.com/edmodowww.facebook.com/edmodo

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Support

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Investor Introduction, Q2 2010

Q & AWhat Questions do you have?

Edmodo Support

Send questions to:technical: [email protected]

general: [email protected]