Hoover Professional Development Day 2011

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

2. Welcome
Edmodo for
Advanced Users
Presenter:
Bill Mann
Simmons Middle School
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3. 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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4. #1: Create a great
profile page
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5. #2: Professional
Learning Communities
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6. A) Teacher Lounge
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.

7. B) School Clubs
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
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Notifications will help you
update the group on important
messages .
Post results, pictures, etc. for
the group to view.

8. #3: Choose Your Purpose
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9. #4: Post Assignments and
give options
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10. #4: Conversations
about assignments
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11. A) Student writing projects
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.

12. B) Role Playing*
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.

13. C) Backchannel Discussions
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.)

14. 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.

15. E) Project Based Learning*
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.

16. F) Book Clubs*
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.

17. F) Reading Critique
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.

18. G) Co-teaching*
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.

19. H) Grammar and Punctuation
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.

20. #5: Quick Checks and
pre-assessments
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21. #6: Instant Embeds
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22. #7: Create a Library of
Posts with Tagging
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23. #8: Create a Cross-
Classroom Shared
Group
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24. #9: Post to yourself
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25. #10: Make things public
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26. #11: Link to Google Docs
to share them
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27. #12: Ask for links to turn
in project assignments
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28. #13: Create a playground
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29. #14: Feed your groups
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30. A) RSS Feed
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.

31. #15: Teaching when you’re
not teaching
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32. A) Sick days & absences
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.

33. B) Mobile Learning
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
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34. What questions do you have?
What are your best uses?
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35. Support
1 Join the 20 Ways to Use Edmodo group:
Group code: 61ulgl
2 Check out our Edmodo In Action
Videos:http://help.edmodo.com/ideas
3 www.youtube.com/educatormann
www.twitter.com/edmodo
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www.facebook.com/edmodo

36. Q&A
What Questions do you have?
Edmodo Support
Send questions to:
technical: support@edmodo.com
Investor Introduction, Q2 2010
general: institutions@edmodo.com
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