Friday, November 11, 2011

PE04_Edmodo


My first stop for my RILS Project was to continue the set up of my Edmodo page.  The home page has a very clearly marked to do list for you to make sure you haven’t forgotten any key pieces.  I noticed that I still had to add links and materials to my library page and so I set out to find the most helpful materials for my students to be able to begin the history project.


In my library I included a link to the page to help them get started.  I also included the PDF of the Illustrated guide to set-up.  I created an additional library folder for videos.  I embedded three videos – Intro, How-to, and New features.  This should get the students introduced to the site without being too bogged down with information. 



The last thing on my to-do list was to connect with other teachers.  Due to my employment status, I thought this might be difficult.  However, my cohorts were there in various stages of development.  I quickly joined their connections and found some special assets.  There were professional learning communities and the live links to digital resources that I can use in my library.  Wow, what a gold mine.  I joined the tech, English, and Social Studies groups and quickly found more links to specific course content. 


I created this site to build a safe communication and collaboration spot for my students since I don’t have a physical classroom.  However, I uncovered a wealth of information and connections to real teachers using these Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.  It is a great location to find the “real” info about projects and tools.  I am so happy, I chose Edmodo for my platform.

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