Edmodo gets nod in 2009 Horizon Report K-12 Edition

I just wanted to share with the Edmodo Community that we got mentioned in the 2009 Horizon Report K-12 Edition that was released earlier this month. We also received a mention in the eSchool news article “Six technologies soon to affect education” based on our mention in the Horizon report. Unfortunately to see our blurb on page 2 you have to register for free I’ve quoted the paragraph where we are mentioned for people that do not want to register with eSchoolnews.com.

Tools mentioned in the report include Twitter, Skype, and Edmodo, a private micro-blogging platform that gives teachers and students a sheltered place to manage classroom assignments and activities as well as engage in protected conversations.

2009 Horizon Report K-12 Edition.

Each edition of the Horizon Report is released with a Creative Commons License and may be freely replicated and distributed for noncommercial purposes provided that each is distributed only in its entirety.

March 27, 2009 | Filed Under general, press | Comments

Introducing Edmodo 2.0

For the last few months we have been hard at work on version 2.0 of Edmodo and we would now like to share it with you.

Notable new features visible to users

Redesigned Home Page
Tagging of all posts
Locker has been removed in favor of tagging, all previous posts will be moved to a locker tag soon.
Wider Time-line to support a wider range of embeddable content
Grades tab
View a list of all grades received for a given group
New Default Avatar set
Notificiations
- via twitter (user must follow @edmodonotify)
- via text message, users select cell phone provider and enter phone number
Viewing of the following file formats within Edmodo using Scribd’s iPaper technology
- Microsoft Word Files doc, docx
- Microsoft Powerpoint Files ppt, pptx, pps
- Microsoft Excel Files xls, xlsx
- PDF: PDF pdf, ps
- Open Office: Open Office Documents odt, odp, sxw, sxi, etc.
- Plain Text: Text Documents txt, rtf
Ability to add RSS feeds to a group
Inline viewing of youtube, google video, flickr, slideshare, wikipedia, if posted as a link
Ability for a teacher to return a file when assigning a grade to an assignment

March 24, 2009 | Filed Under features, general | Comments

Facebook is starting to look a lot like Edmodo

It’s a little interesting how the upcoming new Facebook homepage looks a lot like Edmodo. Makes us think we are moving in the right direction with Edmodo.