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Edmodo

Description: Edmodo is an online social networking tool with an interface similar to Facebook. It enables teachers to load questions and tasks and for learners to interact safely. Learners can access content quickly and easily and interact with it intuitively. It is used for learners who are home and school-based. Very useful for children at home to access homework, teaching materials and quizzes set by teachers.
Notes: Edmodo is an online social networking tool with an interface similar to Facebook. Even though it is based on the Facebook model it allows more security control. It enables teachers to load questions and tasks and for learners to interact safely. Learners can access content quickly and easily and interact with it intuitively. It is used for learners who are home and school-based. It is very useful for children at home to access homework, teaching materials and quizzes set by teachers, but it can be used as well in a school-based context. Edmodo is an online resource that can be used in any context and in any country. The interface can be configured to work in: English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, French, Turkish, Dutch, and Chinese. Moreover it’s not owned by a large company and normally people are more open to using it in a school context because it is not commercially driven, like Facebook. For teachers, it requires some training and may not appeal to non-technologically inclined users. Although the interface is available in several languages, some translation may need improvement, and e.g. Italian is yet not available. It also would need to be part of a school-wide or organisational directive, so that it is used by everyone, not just by staff. Used by Willow Bank School (Part of Leicester Hospital School)
Link to additional info: Edmodo official
Key Educational Factors:
  • creating relationship
  • constructing knowledge
  • metacognition
  • respecting individividualities
Media:
  • internet
  • website
Educational Settings:
  • hospital school
  • home education
  • mainstream school
Target group:
  • teacher/assistant
  • learner elem. sch.
  • learner sec. sch.
Located in: Tools