Edmodo


 * Edmodo**

Edmodo is a social learning platform for teachers, students, and parents. It is commonly thought of as the [|Facebook] of schools, as called by pupils and teachers alike. www.edmodo.com

Strengths:

 * The interface is familiar to the students already
 * The teacher and students stay connected through
 * Hold class discussions beyond the classroom
 * Can be easily used on a mobile device or on a computer
 * Make an assignment on Edmodo that checks for understanding
 * Reward students on a medium that a parent can easily access
 * It is Teacher-centered
 * The teacher can use Edmodo to track student success in their classroom
 * There are apps that are available for use on Edmodo that advance student learning
 * Custom controls that allow the teacher to establish their student pages according to their own preferences. One of those controls is the option for the teacher to moderate all posts before they appear on the page or leave it open for the students to post. If it is left open a teacher may delete any post as needed but with some coaching on proper netiquette, students generally respect the environment. It can really be a great place for effective collaboration.

Weaknesses:

 * Students are restricted from talking directly to one another (Due to Cyberbullying)
 * The apps are quite costly
 * Individual parent codes that only the teacher has access to.

Opportunities:

 * A student can get missed work from teacher whenever absent

**Threats**:

 * Hard to control who signs up for your class once the code goes public
 * Student must sign up for this on their own

Ideas:

 * Teacher can post up weekly lessons and homework to keep students on track
 * Post important files on the site to give students access to it.
 * An example of effective collaboration I’d like to share comes from an activity I did that allowed my students to practice problems they created for each other. Please go to this link to see details about how I used Edmodo for collaboration in this assignment. You may be able to do the same for your classroom!