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Black History Month: Shared Content from the Communities
In observance of Black History Month, many of our publishing partners have been sharing free content in their communities that you can integrate into your classroom activities. Following is some of the top shared content we’ve come across this week. If you have any great resources to share, please post in the Edmodo communities or leave [...]
Edmodo Webinar Schedule – February 2012
Edmodo offers a variety of webinars to help you learn new ways to use Edmodo in your classroom, school or district. The following is a schedule of webinars offered for the month of February. Introduction to Edmodo This introductory webinar is designed for teachers and will teach you how to set up your account and [...]
We want to welcome the thousands of parents who have joined Edmodo in the week since we launched the new simplified dashboard. We’ve not only seen an increase in registrations, but a significant increase in daily logins. We’re thrilled to see this kind of rapid engagement from parents. Based on feedback from teachers, administrators and parents, [...]
New Release: Parent Account Updates, Moderated Posts and French
Today we released a few updates to the site and a special badge for District Administrators associated with an Edmodo subdomain. Here’s a quick review of what’s new: Parent Account Updates Based on teacher feedback and analysis of parent accounts, we’ve made a few new updates to parent accounts, including: Improved navigation: We’ve given parent [...]
Have you submitted your Edmodo project for Digital Learning Day? New Toolkits now available
February 1 is Digital Learning Day, a national awareness campaign to celebrate innovative teachers and instructional strategies. There’s still plenty of time to submit your Edmodo project to the gallery! Following are some new tips and ideas from the Digital Learning Day team: Beyond the Classroom Toolkit: The Alliance for Excellent Education encourages all programs [...]
Edmodo Spotlight Session at FETC
The Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) is only one week away. The show will feature an amazing lineup of speakers and over 200 concurrent sessions, all powered by Edmodo! For those of you planning to attend, be sure to reference the conference program to retrieve the session code for any workshops or concurrent sessions you [...]
Have you submitted your project yet? Digital Learning Day: 2/1/2012
As a member of the Edmodo community, you likely already understand the power of digital learning to engage and inspire students. By participating in Digital Learning Day on February 1, you can not only showcase some of the innovative ways you are integrating technology into your classroom activities, but inspire others to take their first steps towards transforming [...]
During holiday break we put out a call asking educators to share one Edmodo mini-lesson with the community. These mini-lessons were meant to be a great way for teachers to engage students and help them get started with Edmodo. Today we’re pleased to showcase our first batch of submissions! You can view them on the [...]
Edmodo Webinar Schedule – January 2012
Edmodo offers a variety of webinars to help you learn new ways to use Edmodo in your classroom, school or district. The following is a schedule of webinars offered for the month of January: Introduction to Edmodo - Tuesdays at 4:00 pm EST This introductory webinar is designed for teachers and will teach you how to [...]
Project Based Learning with Edmodo
A few weeks ago, Dayna Laur from the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) conducted an excellent webinar about using Edmodo to facilitate project based learning. Last week she shared her experiences in a blog post that teachers can use as a blueprint for creating their own PBL lessons. In the post, Dayna describes how she used [...]
A Fun Little Project for Your Holiday: Edmodo Mini-lesson Challenge
Last week, we posted a quick Edmodo mini-lesson that focused on reflecting on 2011 and planning for the year to come. The response from the educator community to these lessons was amazing – teachers all over the world created “Best and Worst of 2011″ and “2012 Resolutions” groups and had a great time discussing the results [...]
11 Most Read Blog Posts of 2011
It’s been a great year here at Edmodo – we released a slew of new features, held our first user conference, launched our first Featured Blogger series and much much more! To recap the year, we wanted to share with you the most read blog posts of the year. Which was your favorite? 11. It [...]
Holiday Checklist Day 5: Relax & Reflect
For many of you, today is the last day of school before holiday break, and it’s the final day of our holiday checklist. So what’s left to do before the new year begins? Relax and reflect on all your accomplishments! We know you’ve worked hard, and we’ve enjoyed reading tweets and stories shared in our communities about all the wonderful [...]
Holiday Checklist Day 4: Edmodo Mini-Lessons
Now that your students are signed up, day 4 of our holiday checklist is all about engaging your students in Edmodo. As you’re wrapping up for the holidays, consider using one of these simple Edmodo mini-lessons to help students reflect on what they’ve learned and prepare for the year ahead. Best and Worst of 2011 [...]
General • How-to • Integration Ideas
Holiday Checklist Day 3: Getting Students Signed Up
Day 3 of our 2012 holiday checklist walks you through how to get your students signed up for Edmodo. Once you’ve organized your groups and resources, follow these steps to get your students on Edmodo: Introduce students to Edmodo by showing them the Edmodo at a Glance video. Help students understand how they can sign [...]
Holiday Checklist Day 2: Organizing Groups and Resources
Day two of our 2012 holiday checklist is all about organizing your new groups and resources. Follow these easy steps to get started: Once you’ve acquainted yourself with Edmodo, you’ll want to get all your groups created. How you decide to name and organize your groups is up to you. Many teachers choose to do [...]
Holiday Checklist: Get Ready for 2012 with Edmodo
As many of you prepare for a holiday break, we want to provide you with helpful ways to get organized and prepared for the New Year. Each day this week we’ll be doing a new blog post that outlines tips on how you can plan for your Edmodo rollout in 2012. Today we begin day [...]
Welcome Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital to the Edmodo Team
We’re excited to share with you that the Edmodo team has expanded! This morning, we’re pleased to announce that Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital have joined the Edmodo team. In addition, Reid Hoffman, Greylock Managing Partner and LinkedIn Founder & Chairman, has joined the Edmodo Board along with Matt Cohler, General Partner of Benchmark Capital and [...]
Edmodo iPhone Update with Mobile Gradebook Now Available
Last week we announced our new Android app update and today we are pleased to announce the new iPhone and iPad apps are available! The latest version of the app gives teachers full access to their gradebook, allowing them to view and grade assignments directly from their mobile device. For students, the new app provides the ability [...]
How to Annotate Assignments in Edmodo
Last week we released a new annotation feature that allows teachers to make comments and edits on student assignments. We received a number of questions about how this new feature works, so we’ve created this how-to video to help.
3 Tips for Easy Content Sharing
Over the past couple months, Edmodo has added some features that make it even easier for you to view and share your favorite content. Play View: Don’t have time to download all of the resources in a folder and just want a quick overview of the content? Use Play View to quickly scan the folder’s [...]
General • How-to • Integration Ideas
Edmodo Webinar Schedule – December 2011
Edmodo offers a variety of webinars to help you learn new ways to use Edmodo in your classroom, school or district. The following is a schedule of webinars offered for the month of December: Introduction to Edmodo - Tuesdays at 4:00 pm EST This introductory webinar is designed for teachers and will teach you how to [...]
FETC 2012 Welcomes Edmodo Educators with Conference Discount Offer
The Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) is pleased to provide the Edmodo community with an additional $15 off the price of full conference registration* for this year’s conference. This means that if you register before the early bird deadline of December 16, 2011, you can enjoy three days of the event for only $200, a [...]
Report from the Tundra: Magical Moments
First post from Andy McKiel as he sets out on his Tundra connections. Live webcasts start tomorrow! My first day in Churchill was filled with so many incredible experiences that I don’t even know how to start relating all of them. So many notable and memorable things have occurred already, and we haven’t even headed [...]
Edmodo Receives Tech & Learning Award of Excellence
We’re excited to announce that Edmodo has been presented with Tech & Learning’s 2011 Award of Excellence! This award recognizes K-12 technology that breaks new ground or adds significant enhancements to proven education tools. It’s an honor to have been selected by a panel of more than 30 educators who tested over 160 entries to [...]
3 Ways to Recognize Veteran’s Day with Students as shared by the Edmodo Community
Every day, teachers share thousands of different types of digital content with their students and colleagues. For teachers who are recognizing Veteran’s Day or Remembrance Day in class today, consider integrating one of these content items into your lesson. All of these are among the most shared content in Edmodo this week. The History of [...]
Communities • General • Integration Ideas
New Release: Join Group URL, More Quiz Enhancements and Greek Language
We’ve just released a few new features that we think you’ll be excited about! Here’s a quick overview of what’s new: Join Group URL Now you can publicize your group and invite others to join, without giving away the group code. The new “request to join URL” is a unique, auto generated URL that you [...]
Our first post from Tundra Explorer Andy McKiel. ***** Well, hello again fellow Edmodians! It’s been several months since the last time Edmodo gave me the opportunity to use this space to connect with you. The last time my words were posted here was live from ISTE in Philadelphia at the end of June. I [...]
Event Details for Tundra Connections Global Webcast- Register Now
Last week we announced that we’ve partnered with Polar Bears International to host 3-days of live global webcasts for the Edmodo community, so you and your students can learn first-hand about climate change, oceans, polar bears, and other arctic animals. Today we’re excited to provide additional details on the curriculum for each webcast and the experts who will [...]
Save the Date: Tundra Connections: A Global Webcast Event, Nov.14-16
Polar bears. Scientists. The Arctic! It’s hard to imagine a more exciting classroom experience than joining a live, free webcast from the tundra during the peak of the polar bear migration near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. We are thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with Polar Bears International to host 3-days of global webcasts for the Edmodo community. [...]
Enhancements: Quiz Updates and Resources, Printable Rosters, German language
Last weekend we released our new quiz feature. Throughout the week we’ve received tons of great feedback on what you love about quizzes and how we can enhance this new feature. Today we’re pleased to announce that based on the suggestions received, we’ve implemented the following updates to quizzes: Preview quiz: Before you assign a [...]
Student 2.0: The Power of Peer Feedback- Bringing out the Best in Every Student
In our continued series from Kristen Sigler’s class at TEAM Academy charter school, this week 5th grader Daniel Velez shares his first experience presenting in front of a group, and how feedback from his classmates helped him recognize his strengths and learn from his mistakes. I love this post. I love that Daniel was nervous, [...]
Apply now for EdmodoCon Orlando
UPDATE: The date for the event has been changed to Monday, January 23, 2012 Following the success of EdmodoCon, our first virtual conference for educators held earlier this summer, we are pleased to announce our first live professional development event — EdmodoCon Orlando, a one day pre-conference event to be held on Sun, January 22, [...]
Latest Release: What’s New in Edmodo
So we snuck in a midnight release last night! Looks like many of you have already jumped in and started playing around with quizzes. Tomorrow morning we’ll post a more detailed entry specifically focused on Quizzes, but this afternoon we want to give you a quick review of the new features we rolled out last [...]
Student 2.0: Positive Digital Footprints and College Planning
More insight from Kristen Sigler‘s class at TEAM Academy Charter School in Newark New Jersey on how they use technology to prepare students for the connected world in which we live. Today’s post is by 8th grade student Saheed Seabury. *** My name is Saheed and my tech class has been doing a unit about [...]
Student 2.0: Using Problem Solving and Brainstorming to Build Games
Hi my name is ShaLisa Peterson.I am in the 6th grade. The things I do in tech class is, that we use this program called scratch and we make our own cool video games. But in order to come up with the ideas for our games is that we come up with new and inspiring ideas [...]
Study Blue Joins the Edmodo Community
We’re pleased to announce that Study Blue has joined the Edmodo communities. Now you can help your students prepare for tests with flashcards they can make themselves – then join the community to share your experiences and integration ideas with other educators. Read more from the Study Blue team over at their blog! If Study [...]
Student 2.0: Blogging is the new way to journal
Blogging can be a powerful writing tool. By providing students with an outlet to share their interests, dreams and experiences, we help students build confidence, develop a love for writing and create a vision of their future that will follow them throughout their lives. If you haven’t yet tried blogging with your students, consider creating [...]
4 Edmodo Best Practices Every Teacher Should Follow
To ensure safe and secure usage of Edmodo in your classroom, be sure to follow these four best practices when managing your Edmodo groups: 1. Do not post group codes publicly When inviting your students to join your Edmodo group, be sure to distribute group codes in class or via a private channel. Distributing codes via [...]
Ahmir weighs in this week — in our second weekly check-in with TEAM Academy Charter School on the ways they are using technology in school. *** My name is Ahmir Harris. I’m ten years old. My brithday is on Octuber 23. In tech class we are learning how to make restaurants on our computers. Today at tech class [...]
Spotlight: Global Learning Networks w/ Nashville,TN and Brunswick, NC
We are excited to continue our Fall Spotlight Webinar Series with a session highlighting how schools and districts are using Edmodo to create global learning networks. The webinar will feature educators from Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, TN and Brunswick County Public Schools, NC and will provide examples that teachers and administrators can use to connect [...]
Best Practices • General • Webinars
Students Respond to NYT: Why Schools Need To Invest In Technology
Our first Student 2.0 post! For our first outing, we are highlighting perspectives of three 8th grade students from Ms. Sigler’s class at TEAM Academy Charter School in Newark, NJ: Khafeon Love, D’Asia Falodun and Jant’e Smith. Going forward, we’ll highlight one post each week! ********* From D’Asia Falodun Hello my name is D’Asia Falodun and [...]
Student 2.0: A New Featured Blogger Series
Earlier this summer, we issued a call for applications to the Edmodo community for teachers who might be interested in sharing their experiences as they begin using Edmodo in the classroom for the first time. As usual, we were overwhelmed with feedback from teachers all over the world. Thanks so much to everyone who applied! [...]
The Edmodo community will never cease to amaze us. Mr. De León Mallorquín has translated all 104 pages of the EdmodoCon2011 presentations into Spanish. Thank you so much Sr. Mallorquin! *** “Amplio dossier sobre EdmodoCon 2011″ Saludos, el miércoles 10 de agosto 2011, se celebró la primera conferencia mundial de profesores de todo el mundo a [...]
Since we announced the pending arrival of quizzes on Edmodo for this school year, we’ve received tons of feedback, messages and inquiries from the community. Over the past few weeks, this enthusiasm has generated significant discussion between Edmodo educators and our product development team on the features and functionality that are most important to you. [...]
Thanks to all of the educators from around the world who submitted applications to share your experiences as you and your class begin using Edmodo for the first time this fall. We received so many applications that we need a bit more time to go through them all! Please stay tuned for an [...]
Edmodo Back to School: 9 Tips For Online Safety
As you prepare for the new school year, follow these best practices to ensure safe and secure usage of Edmodo in your classroom, school and district. 1. Set up a school or district subdomain Having a subdomain allows all communication within your school or district to be viewed by administrators, providing full disclosure for teachers [...]
Best Practices • General • How-to
New Release: Folder Play View, Shared Badges, Search Updates and More
Some of you may have noticed a handful of new features were released on Edmodo over the weekend. Here’s a quick overview of what’s new: Folder Play View If you haven’t visited your Edmodo Library lately, now there’s a great reason to. We’ve added a slick new Play View option that allows you to see [...]
EdmodoCon 2011: Educator Toolkit and Recorded Sessions
We wanted to send out a big thank you to everyone who was able to attend EdmodoCon 2011 last week. We were blown away with the number of attendees who logged in throughout the day as well as the positive feedback we received after the event. We can’t wait to do it again next year! [...]
Events • General • Integration Ideas • Video
New to Edmodo? Share your experience! Call for Featured Bloggers
If you are a classroom teacher who is planning to get started using Edmodo in the classroom this fall and are interested in blogging about it once a week – this is your chance! We are looking for one to three bloggers, across all subjects and grades, who are willing to put themselves out there [...]
EdmodoCon 2011 is Streaming Live!
EdmodoCon 2011 has just begun! To join us, use the following login: Event URL: https://edmodo.webex.com/edmodo/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=599849732 Password: conference Note: If you did not register for the event, you can still join in with the login information above. We’ll be streaming all day until 9:00 pm EDT. Feel free to join us for the entire day or [...]
Events • General • Integration Ideas
District Spotlight Webinar Series
Edmodo is pleased to announce our Fall 2011 District Spotlight Webinar Series. In an effort to provide ideas and inspiration to school districts around the world, the District Spotlight Series seeks to showcase the innovative ways districts are using Edmodo. Archives Improving Classroom Engagement with iPads and Edmodo- Chicago Public Schools - Watch the archived presentation. Increasing [...]
Important Update Regarding EdmodoCon 2011
Due to the overwhelming response we’ve received from educators across the globe, we have changed the platform we will be using for EdmodoCon 2011 in order to accommodate as many attendees as possible. Please disregard the confirmation email you received after registration and use the following link to log in to the event on Wednesday, [...]
Back-to-School Administrator Checklist
With the new school year about to get under way, many schools and districts are just getting started with their own Edmodo subdomain. Even if your school or district has had a subdomain for some time, it is important for administrators to make sure that all their information and settings are correct, especially since we have [...]
Back to School with Edmodo: 5 Steps to Getting Started
Looking to integrate Edmodo into your classroom curriculum this year? Here are 5 steps to help you get started: 1. Sign up If you don’t already have an Edmodo account, visit Edmodo.com and sign up. Registration is free and takes less than a minute! 2. Adjust your settings and notifications Once you’ve created your account, visit [...]
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Edmodo Internationalization: Become an Edmodo Translator
We are pleased to announce that we are launching a platform that will allow members of the Edmodo community to easily translate (or “internationalize”) the Edmodo interface. Over the coming weeks, our goal is to convene a cross-cultural team of Educators who will help us launch Edmodo in five additional languages, including: – French – [...]
Edmodo Call-to-Action: Help Minot, ND Schools
The community of Minot, North Dakota was recently affected by unprecedented flooding, resulting in the displacement of thousands of residents and the destruction of many of their schools. With the new fall semester beginning in a month, the community of Minot is doing everything they can to ensure all of their students, many of whom [...]
EdmodoCon 2011 Presentation Schedule
We’d like to thank everyone who submitted a speaking proposal to present at EdmodoCon. We were blown away by the number of people who expressed interest. The selection process was very difficult, but we’ve put together a great line up of speakers. Below are the final details. Please note all times are listed in Eastern [...]
In addition to the new student profile, badges and assignment features, Edmodo now includes some cool features of particular interest to subdomain holders and school and district administrators: Administrator Support Community: Subdomain admins now have access to their very own community where they will be able to share best practices for implementing Edmodo in a school [...]
Communities • Features • General • How-to
New Release: Student Profiles, Badges and Assignment Filtering
Last night’s system upgrade included a few new exciting features including: Student profiles: Get more insight into each of your students through new student profiles! Students profiles allow you to view that student’s teachers, groups, classmates and recent activity. This information is automatically generated based on their Edmodo activity, but the student can also share [...]
We’re currently doing scheduled maintenance on the Edmodo website. It will be unavailable for a short period of time. Please check our our Twitter page for updates. Thanks for your patience. UPDATE: 11:10PM PST We’re back up! Thanks for your patience while we updated the site.
EdmodoCon Registration Is Now Open
We are pleased to announce that registration for EdmodoCon 2011 is now open! Register now. Wednesday, August 10, 2011. 10amET – 6pmET. Please join us for a full-day of sessions, or pick and choose the sessions that interest you most. More details on each of the following sessions and the presenters will be released later [...]
Scheduled Maintenance *updated*
Site is currently down while our team makes some backend changes to prepare for Back to School traffic. Should be up again within the hour. We’ll keep you updated on twitter @edmodo. Thanks! UPDATE: 12:02PT Site has been restored to normal service. Thanks everyone!
Add and Share Content With The Edmodo Bookmarklet
Up until now, you had to be within Edmodo to add something to your library. This meant that you had to copy and paste the URL to a great resource into the Edmodo post bubble, or directly into your library, to share it with your students or colleagues. Not anymore. If you want to add something [...]
Be an Edmodo Leader! Present at EdmodoCon, August 10th
Are you thinking about submitting a presentation for EdmodoCon on August 10th but haven’t quite gotten around to it? Submit your idea today! We have a lot of great submissions from all over the world – but still have room for a few more before we make the final schedule Be a leader [...]
Ideas for Using Edmodo: Add yours!
The blogis on a brief summer break this week…just popping in with a quick post:) ** Have you seen this Google Doc that Shannon Miller started a couple of weeks ago? It’s a great source of inspiration for those of you who may be getting started using Edmodo, so we thought it was worth sharing again. [...]
General • How-to • Integration Ideas
EdmodoCon2011 — Wednesday August 10th – the first annual one-day global virtual conference for educators. Our goal is for EdmodoCon to become a global gathering of educators who believe in the power of collaboration and social media to improve education worldwide. Educators from all over the world will come together to celebrate the creative ways [...]
Andy McKiel and Liz Castillo’s thoughts on the first day of the ISTE conference. ** Andy: After my first full day attending #iste11, I’m feeling so inspired by the events of the day! I had high hopes for this conference – it’s everything I’d hoped for and more! I took the time to fill in [...]
Be the change you want to see!
One final post from Bianca – but we made her come to the US to post it! Stay tuned Monday to hear from our featured blogger team on the floor at ISTE!!! ** So this is it, hey? The final blog post in a series of what one of my students calls ‘brain vomits’, haha, [...]
New Release: Fresh New Look, New Gradebook, Library and Mobile App!
Homepage: We gave Edmodo a facelift! Streamlined graphics, fonts and layout provide more flexible and easier navigation. In addition, we’ve enhanced some of the features to make it easier for you to find what you need when you need it, including: New filtering options: Select your Everything stream, you can now filter by type [...]
Features • General • How-to • Integration Ideas
Guest Post: Games for Change is a Game Changer
Recently, Nikki Rivera, a central office administrator from Denver Public Schools attended the Games for Change conference in New York City. She kindly agreed to report back to the Edmodo community on what she learned at the show. Following are her thoughts on the conference. Thanks Nikki – and thanks to the Games for [...]
Transforming Teaching & Learning
Final thoughts on Student PLNs with Liz Castillo! There are so many reasons why I really love using technology with my students. I have seen how it helps my students to stay engaged in the content, be creative, and develop the necessary 21st century skills that will help them to become future leaders. Using technology [...]
My final thoughts on Web 2.0? Use them…a lot.
Closing thoughts from Bret Gosselin ** Here is to the last post of a most honored and undeserved stint as a guest blogger for Edmodo. (Note from Edmodo: WELL deserved!!) Truthfully, this has been such a humbling experience as I’ve wondered the whole time if Edmodo picked the right guy for the job. Anything I know [...]
A Voice from the Library, final post by Shannon Miller! ** Many of us will soon be together in Philadelphia for ISTE 2011. We will connect in presentations and meetings, meet up in the Blogger’s Cafe, and at social functions. It will be a crazy few days but one filled with amazing learning, collaborating and [...]
A Final View from the District
Andy McKiel‘s final post! (but stay tuned to hear from Andy and the rest of the Featured Blogger team live from ISTE!) ** Wow! I can’t believe the end is almost upon us. For some of you, the end of the school year has already arrived and you’re savouring the opportunities to spend your time [...]
DIY with Bianca!! ** At my school I am the go-to person for edmodo. That’s cool, because I love edmodo – after all, I introduced it to our school over two years ago and I’m the one who spends most of her time raving about how great using edmodo is! Yesterday a Food Technology teacher [...]
General • How-to • Integration Ideas
Connecting Beyond Our Four Walls
Student PLNs with Liz Castillo! One of my goals this year was to meet the 21st century challenge to connect my students to others beyond the four walls of our classroom. I believe that the ability to communicate, collaborate, and connect globally with others is probably one of the most powerful ways we can use [...]
A Bright Idea for Staying Connected over the Summer
The penultimate post on Web 2.0 from Bret! ** I can’t believe next week will be our last week to post-time flies when you’re having fun and this has been a blast. Thanks to those of you who’ve kept up with my rambling the past weeks, I appreciate the attention, however undeserved it may be. Today [...]
You Don’t Want to Miss These Three AMAZING Edmodo Resources
Voice of the Library with Shannon ** Sometimes I am amazed at how many new resources come to us over the week through our social networks, connections and other resources. Now, more than ever, we can learn each and every day through these different avenues and bring amazing ideas and resources back to our students, other [...]
View from the District with Andy McKiel! ** I love this photo that my brother-in-law captured at the Grand National Park Zoo in Seoul. While there’s such human emotion in the photo, it’s a primate who’s being held captive behind bars. When I look at this photo, I know exactly what this ape was thinking and [...]
Matching learning spaces to physical and online spaces.
Checking in Down Under with our DIY Teacher, Bianca! ** I’ve been interested in the role that physical spaces play in learning since I made a visit to SCIL late last year. This school’s innovative approach to learning spaces is inspiring, and I was keen to see how I could (re)organise my classroom space to [...]
Edmodo & Challenge Based Learning
Student PLNs with Liz! ** Although many of you are done with your school year and ready to relax and enjoy your well-deserved vacation, I know that summer break doesn’t stop you from planning or thinking about the great ideas you will implement next school year. For many of us, summer is not only a [...]
Wednesdays with Bret! ** In case you missed me bragging about it, my school year is already over and I am currently enjoying my summer break-and yes, I am rubbing it in That being the case, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on this year and what’s been good about it. The word that [...]
Ideas for Using Edmodo….Let’s Create a List Together!
Voice of the Library with Shannon Yesterday was the end of the school year for Van Meter. The seniors already graduated and are onto the next chapter in their lives. The kids at school were happy and excited as they talked about their summer plans. They took photos with their friends throughout the day, signed [...]
View from the District: Spreading the Word
More words of wisdom from Andy McKiel! As we proceed with our district implementation of Edmodo, I’m still trying to wrap my head around the BEST way to get as many teachers on board as possible. I mentioned in one of my very first blog posts that we didn’t want to force our district teachers to [...]
Games for Change, an organization that advocates for supporting and making games for social impact, will be hosting their annual festival in New York City June 20-22. For those not familiar with this annual event, the Games For Change festival brings together people from from government, media, academia and the gaming industry to explore real-world [...]
Keeping busy parents ‘in the loop’
Do-it-Yourself Teaching with Bianca! Parents today are busy, there’s no denying it. Often parents work long hours, returning home to their children tired, stressed and grumpy. The dinner needs to be cooked, the house tidied and the washing done. There is little time to sit down and chat with the kids about homework and how [...]
A Model For Student Communication and Collaboration
Student PLNs with Liz! ** Getting my students to effectively collaborate and work in teams has proven to be a constant challenge. Of course many of them love working with their friends, sharing the workload, and having a chance to be social…but I would argue that this doesn’t necessarily constitute effective collaboration. Because of the [...]
Web 2.0: Edmodians of the Week – Creating an Edmodo RSS feed
Web 2.0 with Bret! ** Unfortunately, I do not have a single “Edmodian of the Week” today. It’s not that there aren’t people to choose from, the problem is that there are too many of you doing too many amazing things to pick just one to end the year. So what I wanted to do [...]
Edmodo: The Perfect Place For Kids To Connect This Summer
Voice of the Library with Shannon ** Summer break will be here for me in just five days. Even though there are a couple of months that we are not in school with our students, there are so many ways now that we can stay connected with them during the summertime. We can use Twitter, Facebook, [...]
Why use Edmodo with students? (Your feedback requested!)
A View from the District with Andy McKiel: Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen and heard the buzz everywhere – blog posts, tweets & Edmodo communities are chock-full of mentions of the upcoming summer holidays. While I, too, am counting down the days until the end of the 2010/2011 school year, my excitement [...]
Friday with Bianca! ** I find myself sitting in a lecture by philosopher David Chalmers (it’s titled ‘The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis’) and realise that once again I am behind in writing my weekly post for edmodo – where do the hours go?! The layout of the room (a university lecture theatre) contradicts the focus [...]
Student PLNs: Students As Resources
Thursday with Liz! ** When I first introduced my students to Edmodo, I really didn’t know what would happen. I knew that Edmodo had the potential to do great things for my class and my students, but I didn’t want it to be just another web 2.0 tool. My goal was to motivate my students [...]
Wednesdays with Bret! ** If you are a North American, congratulations, you have approximately a week and a half until you wrap up your 2010/2011 adventure. With that in mind, let’s celebrate by saluting our next… Edmodian of the Week: Mr. McAsh! Mr. McAsh is a HUGE asset to the Edmodo PLN and is an amazing [...]
Voice of the Library: Take A Look…What Do You See?
Today in the library, I took these photographs of our 5th graders at Van Meter completely engaged, sharing with friends, and having a blast learning something new. And just what was it that hooked this group of students? We recently added 8 iPad’s and 12 iPod’s to the technology in our school. When the students [...]
View from the District: Breathing New Life into an Old System
Checkin in with Andy McKiel! ** This week, I have the opportunity to present to our district administrative team along with a few other consultants and administrators within my school district. We’ve been asked to share highlights with our administrative group from our experiences attending the ‘Assessing Student Knowledge’ conference that we attended last fall [...]
DIY Teacher: Innovative, Free and Easy
TGIF with Bianca! ** Another fast and furious teaching week down here in Australia. Things seem to snowball – parent teacher evenings, reports, marking, lesson planning. I am constantly surprised when people say ‘You’re a teacher? That must be easy with all those holidays and the short hours.’ Are you kidding me?! Anyway, I’m not [...]
Maine Dept. of Ed: Open Education Resources Project
The Maine Department of Education has selected Edmodo as the platform to share their results of their recent Open Education Resources research project with the education community. We think this will be a great opportunity to expose the Edmodo community to the wealth of high quality open resources, and hope you will join in the [...]
Student PLNs: Reflecting on Reflections
Thursday with Liz! Reflections are one of the most power professional development tools we have as educators. It is what allows us to continue to improve and get better at what we do with our students. Like many of you, I love to try new things in my class whether it is a lesson, a [...]
Web 2.0: Newbie tip of the week: Relax!
Wednesdays with Brett! ** It’s Wednesday again, so here goes… Edmodian of the Week: Ms. Hartwig! Mrs. Hartwig stands out as an advocate for her students and their needs as modern students. She has a keen awareness of the demands that our youth will face as professional adults and ensures that her teaching aligns itself [...]
The site is back up and running — libraries are available and you should be able to access everything as normal now. We are monitoring things very closely – but as always, please let us know if you are seeing any issues. We have a few back end issues to work out as a result [...]
We are working quickly to resolve the issues on the site. A couple of things you may see: 1. Site going up and down. We are working to identify the root cause — you may see a bit of wonkiness while we resolve the issue. 2. Library Access: The library is currently unavailable — [...]
Voice of the Library: The Students Aren’t Waiting
Tuesdays with Shannon! ** Last Saturday, Will Richardson posted “There are Some People Who Don’t Wait” on his blog, weblogg-ed. The post was about teachers who don’t wait…who jump right in, who take a chance, who embrace change in education and the lives of young people. Will wrote, “… I couldn’t help thinking about the [...]
View from the District: The BYTE Challenge
Monday with Andy! ** This past week, I got to witness first-hand the impact that Edmodo has had within one of our elementary classrooms. In the span of only a few weeks, this tool has changed the learning culture within the classroom and, indeed, throughout this school. Last Tuesday, I spent a full day with [...]
DIY Teacher: Teaching is manic – bring it!!
Week 3 with Bianca! ** Hello Edmodians! My week has been a little frazzled, and after a quick shout out on twitter asking what I should blog about, this tweet got the green light: I do have a new prac student who started with me on Monday. I had to apologise a number of times [...]
Student PLN’s: The Power of Publishing
Week 3 with Liz Castillo! ** Last year I had the honor of attending the Siemens STEM Institute at the Discovery Headquarters. There were a multitude of amazing and talented speakers that we had the privilege to learn from. One of my favorite speakers of the week was Dr. Lodge McCammon. If you haven’t heard [...]
Week 3 with Bret Gosselin! (note from Edmodo: impressive sharing score Bret!) ** Hello again! I am a terrible creature of habit with an insatiable need to organize, so according to trend, here are my sections for this week’s post. Scroll down to a topic of interest, but make sure you check out Edmodian of the [...]
Voice of the Library: The “Little Things” That Make A Difference
Week 3 with Shannon Miller! Dressed For The Van Meter Wax Museum All of us do this. We get caught up in the duties and tasks demanding our attention during the day. There are projects to grade, emails to respond to, meetings to attend, and lesson plans to create. We have responsibilities and people [...]
View from the District: Sharing ‘Pockets of Innovation’
Week 4 with Andy McKiel ** It was about four years ago that I left my own classroom to venture into a new role as a Curriculum Coordinator. My transition into this position was very smooth, and I attribute this to the fact that I was given the opportunity to pursue my passion – sharing [...]
New Release: Make new Connections with Teacher Profiles and Spotlight Updates
A consistent message we hear from the Edmodo community is that your Professional Learning Network is critical to both your professional success and personal satisfaction as an educator. To support you in creating your PLN, this week’s release focuses on new ways to connect, collaborate and share a bit of yourself with the Edmodo community. [...]
The DIY Teacher: Moving freely between learning spaces
Week 3 with Bianca! ** I am often asked by teachers why they should use Edmodo (often referred to as a microblog) when they already use a blog (such as edublogs and WordPress). It’s a pretty sensible question – teachers are already busy and don’t really need to be doubling up on work for no [...]
Student PLN’s: Rules For Engagement
Week 3 with Liz Castillo! ** This week I would like to discuss more about how to set the stage for students to safely engage in social networking while allowing them to have fun and learn. Last week, I wrote about the importance of relationship building before introducing the technology. It is really important that [...]
Week 3 with Bret Gosselin! ** It’s Wednesday again and I’m excited to be able to share with you all for another round this week. I am adding a new section today that I’m pretty stoked about. As I’ve said before, I am not the expert on how to use the web in the classroom-you all are. [...]
Voice of the Library: Connect, Create, Celebrate
Week 3 with Shannon Miller! ** There are so many things that happen each day that remind me why I love being a teacher. I am happy when my elementary students run to the new picture books I have displayed in the library and sit down on the floor to read them with friends. I [...]
View from the District: It’s all about connecting…
Week 3 with Andy McKiel – enjoy! ** As I’ve read through all of the Featured Blogger posts over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been struck by the common thread that’s emerged – it’s all about connecting… connecting with our students, connecting with other educators and connecting with tools that have the power to [...]
The DIY Teacher: Are you connected deeply? Part I.
Week 2 with Bianca Hewes from Davidson High School, NSW, Australia In front of me is the majestic Lake Rotoaria, found in the very middle of New Zealand’s north island. The lake, reflecting a moody Autumn sky, is straddled by black swans who hoot noisily to each other seemingly unconcerned by the menacing snow-capped Mount Tongariro [...]
Crocodoc has become a popular tool with many educators – in recent months you’ve encouraged us to migrate to it. So we did! For those who are not familiar, Crocodoc is a tool that allows you to view files in your Edmodo stream without having to download them to your computer. Word docs, excel, PowerPoint [...]
Student PLNs: It’s All About Relationships
Week 2 with Liz Castillo from Kamehameha Middle School in Honolulu, Hawaii ** When I think about why I love teaching so much, it really comes down to one thing….relationships. Although I have a passion for teaching my content and using technology, the heart and soul of why I do it is because of how I [...]
Technovation Challenge: Mentoring the Next Generation of Inventors
At Edmodo, we love to see students engage with technology both inside and outside the classroom and that’s why we were excited about this year’s Technovation Challenge. The Technovation Challenge is a non-profit after-school program that encourages girls in high school to explore careers in technology and entrepreneurship. The challenge consists of a nine-week program [...]
Week 2 with Brett Gosselin, ESL teacher from Klein ISD in Houston, TX. ** So lets continue our discussion of Web 2.0 tools, shall we? I decided that since there are so many different audiences who could be following this blog, I’m going to segment my contributions into sections from now on. Jump down to [...]
New Release: Unique URLs, Shared Folders & Trending Content
In case you missed it in last week’s launch, take some time this week to try out these new Edmodo features, based on feedback from our teacher community. We hope you find these new features valuable — as always, we’d love to hear your feedback! Trending Content in the Communities: Now it’s even easier to [...]
Week 2 with Shannon Miller, Teacher Librarian from Van Meter School District in Iowa ** Last week I had the honor to present with Julia Albaugh and Emma Durflinger at the Iowa 1:1 Conference in Des Moines. I have collaborated with both of them before and have helped them prepare for other presentations as [...]
View from the District: Start with Professional Development
Week #2 with Andy McKiel, K-12 Curriculum Coordinator at St. James-Assiniboia School Division in Winnipeg, Canada ** One of the first things I needed to take into consideration when implementing Edmodo within our school district was the provision of professional learning opportunities for our staff. Sure, it’s easy to sign up for an account to [...]
Featured Blogger: The Do-It-Yourself Teacher with Bianca Hewes
Not ‘just’ a teacher – becoming a teacher every day. First off a big ‘wow, gee, thanks’ to Edmodo for giving an Aussie the opportunity to be a featured blogger! I thought this post would be a great opportunity to introduce myself to other Edmodians (is that the collective noun for edmodo users? I think [...]
Intermittent Site Issues: Updated
Edmodo is currently experiencing intermittent, isolated site issues. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you updated here. Thanks! UPDATE: 11:15amEST/8:15amPST: Looks like our datacenter hosts Amazon EC2 have had a few issues this morning which affect Edmodo and a number of other services [...]
Featured Blogger: Student PLN’s with Liz Castillo
I was so excited when I was selected to be a Featured Blogger for the Edmodo community. I have always tried to find as many ways possible to share and connect with other teachers especially around the topic of integrating technology. When I first began teaching, I was in a classroom where there was 1 [...]
Featured Blogger: Web 2.0 with Bret Gosselin
Hello! I wanted to begin by saying that I am honored to be able to write to this community about a subject that I would just be yakking about anyway (Web 2.0 tools, BTW) and that I hope to have some great conversations about all the incredible things we are doing in our classrooms. What [...]
Featured Blogger: The Voice of the Library with Shannon Miller
Today is the start of a new adventure for me! For the next few months I am going to be one of five bloggers on Edmodo’s Featured Blogger Team. I am very honored to be part of this amazing group of educators and excited to share and learn with all of you! I will be [...]
Khan Academy Collection Now Available On Edmodo
We are pleased to announce that the Khan Academy Community is live on Edmodo, including access to the full collection of over 2,100 videos produced and narrated by Sal Khan. If you are not familiar with the Khan Academy: They are “an organization on a mission — a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education [...]
New Release: Enhanced Group Management
Suddenly this morning, the entire Edmodo universe wanted to change their group settings! And everything was different! Alas, we have learned a good lesson about the perils of not having a blog post ready to go immediately after the release. *hangs head* Sorry for the confusion this morning — but yes, we released some site [...]
Featured Blogger: A View from the District with Andy McKiel
What an honour and a privilege to be selected as one of Edmodo’s Featured Bloggers! I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to share my experiences with the Edmodo community and I hope that I’m able to provide some insight for those of you who have long been connecting and collaborating within Edmodo. While this forum [...]
Hacking Education with DonorsChoose.org
We are very excited to announce that Edmodo is participating in the DonorsChoose.org Hacking-Education Contest for developers and data crunchers. From Donorschoose.org: “Ten years ago, a teacher in the Bronx launched DonorsChoose.org. Since then, more than 165,000 teachers at 43,000 public schools have posted over 300,000 classroom project requests, inspiring $80,000,000 in giving from 400,000 donors. [...]
Edmodo This! ‘Til Death Do Us Part
Jason Dudczak from Harllee Middle School in Manatee County, FL and his brand new bride Jessica sent us this picture from their wedding reception. And, in the words of Jason’s co-worker Shelbi Ericsson, yes, it made our heart grow three times its size. Awwwww.. Congratulations Jason and Jessica — it’s a little known fact that [...]
Meet the Edmodo Featured Blogger Team
First, thank you to everyone who applied to become a Featured Blogger. We received so many applications and were blown away by the thoughtful and creative ideas and the willingness to volunteer your own time to share your experiences with your peers. Because we received so many fantastic applications, we’ve decided that we may run [...]
Edmodo wins BESSIE Award for EdTech Excellence
We are pleased to announced that Edmodo has received a BESSIE Award from the ComputED Gazette as the Best Multi-Subject Networking Resource! 2011 marks the 17th anniversary of ComputED’s BESSIE Awards, which “target innovative and content-rich programs and websites that provide parents and teachers with technology to foster educational excellence. Winners are selected from titles submitted [...]
At first, we didn’t dare to even think about the possibility of being the DEN March Madness Mashup 2011 Champions. But over the past week, as we saw incredible tools like Voicethread, Animoto, Voki and iMovie fall by the wayside — well — I guess we dared to hope. And when we suddenly found ourselves [...]
Congratulations to Lynn Woods’ 8th Grade Class at Saint Gregory the Great School in Virginia Beach, VA — the winners of the March Edmodo This! photo contest. As Ms. Woods pointed out in her note, her students are conflicted…half are absolutely in love with Edmodo and want to do all of their work on it. [...]
Dear Samantha Anderson: Um…whoops.
Dear Samantha Anderson of Read-Patillo Elementary in Volusia County, Florida: We were really excited when we announced that you were the winner of the February Edmodo This! photo contest for the picture you submitted with our friend Robert Miller from the Daytona 500. And we were even more excited when we were filling your [...]
4 Easy Ways to Connect with Parents on Edmodo
Creating a strong school-home connection is critical — even moreso with the blended learning environment Edmodo enables. But teachers often struggle to find meaningful ways to engage parents in their child’s classroom activities. Here are a few easy ways to get parents involved: 1. Create Parent Accounts: Invite parents to join your class on Edmodo to [...]
3 Steps to Creating Your Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Your PLN is the network of educators and colleagues you connect with online to share resources, ideas and experiences. Creating a strong PLN takes time and focus but is a critical step for professional growth. The first steps to creating a PLN on Edmodo are easy – and will get you on your way to [...]
Becoming a Featured Blogger: More Details
We are blown away by the overwhelming response we’ve received to our Featured Blogger post — thanks so much for your eagerness to take on even more responsibility after your day is over! A few people have emailed requesting further clarification on how to submit an entry — in the interest of fairness, I’m posting [...]
Become an Edmodo Featured Blogger!
We’re looking for educators and administrators who have interesting insights into the integration of social media tools in the classroom. Whether you are a daily Edmodo user, or a teacher who is just starting to use social media tools in the classroom, if you think you have something valuable to share and would like to [...]
Quick Tip: Managing Changes to Your Groups
To maintain the security of your group on Edmodo if students have left the class or your group code has been shared, be sure to change the group code for your room to prevent non-group members from joining. (Hint: When initially setting up your group, we recommend that you reset your group code immediately after [...]
Edmodo This! February Photo Winner
For their post-Flash Mob, Daytona 500 picture, Robert Miller (Port Orange Elementary) and Samantha Anderson (Read-Pattillo Elementary) from Volusia County, Florida are our Edmodo This! photo contest winners for February! As the first winner, they will receive a highly coveted Edmodo mug — and because we’re feeling guilty about how much of it we eat every [...]
In addition to sharing links, as we reviewed last week, educators are using Edmodo to share curriculum related content. This morning we took a look at the types of content that is being shared the most – thought you might be interested in our findings: 1. Mini-lessons: Most of the content that is shared [...]
Site Enhancements: New Communities, Read-Only, and more…
Based on your feedback, we launched some new features last night — we’re pretty excited about them, and hope you will be too:) Updates include: New Communities: Last Fall, we launched Communities to provide a place for educators to gather with like-minded professionals to exchange ideas and share content on the topics that interest you. [...]
The following is a Special Update by Ben Wilkoff, Online Community Manager, who describes his experiences at ICE 2011: Whether it was walking down the replica Bourbon street to the PLN plaza or strolling by the packed David Pogue keynote, the energy at ICE 2011 was palpable. It seemed as though every teacher, administrator and [...]
Top 10 Shared Sites of the Week
Sharing of content has always been an important feature of Edmodo. From how-to YouTube videos to Glogs or Pixton comics featuring the creative talents of students, embedding media is one of the ways teachers and students use Edmodo on a daily basis to share and collaborate. The recent addition of the Engagement number on each [...]
Edmodo This! New ways to win, by popular demand
We asked you to send us pictures – and you answered! Featured in this post are a selection of pics from our Florida Edmodo-enthusiasts, including: Robert Miller from Port Orange Elementary and Samantha Anderson from Read-Pattillo Elementary in Volusia County Florida rocked their Edmodo t-shirts at the Daytona 500! Ms Stasny’s 7th grade science class [...]
Backchannel the Pearson Common Core Virtual Conference
Next week, “educators nationwide will have first-row access to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) experts during Pearson’s Common Core Virtual Conference. The four-day conference, available free of charge, will include a range of virtual panels, presentations and interactive demonstrations for teachers, administrators, and parents from key authors and architects of the new principles.” We’re pleased [...]
Late last night, we made some enhancements to Edmodo that will help you more effectively share, store and search for digital content relevant to your curriculum. One of the key features in the release is The Backpack. Located in the Student Library, the Backpack is a storage area that allows students to easily save content [...]
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Site Currently Undergoing Maintenance
We apologize for the current outage on the site. As you know, our goal is to ensure Edmodo is always available; however, from time to time we take the site down during off hours to to release new features and enhancements. Last night, we released some enhancements to the site — although our goal is [...]
Edmodo This! Show your Edmodo Pride and Win Prizes!
We just returned from the Texas Computer Educators Association (TCEA) Annual Convention in Austin where we had a fantastic week meeting educators from across Texas — all of whom were incredibly enthusiastic and energized about using Edmodo in the classroom. So much so, that we gave out over 600 T-shirts in 2 1/2 days. [...]
Find Treasure in the Edmodo Content Area Communities
Now that the communities you belong to feed directly into your everything stream, it is easy to see when new resources and discussions pop up. Yesterday, a wonderful parody video about the Declaration of Independence was shared in the Social Studies Community. Almost immediately, other teachers chimed in with how they had used it or [...]
The Future is Bright at P.S. 287 in Brooklyn, NY
Too often when we read stories in the news about schools, the focus is on the plight of the education system, with the media (sometimes rightfully, but often sensationally) focusing on negative stories, instead of shining a light on the positive things our schools and teachers are doing every day to help students reach their [...]
Backchannelling FETC: Edmodo for Professional Development
Apologies for the ‘radio silence’ on the blog this week — our team has been attending the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando and we got swept away in the frenzy of the show. Edmodo partnered with FETC to provide backchannelling and conference evaluation support for the conference. During the week, 7,000+ attendees participated in [...]
Download the Free App for iPhone and Android – Stay Connected on the Go
As we head into the next few weeks of mid-terms, educational conferences, and back to school for our friends in the southern hemisphere (*waves to Australia and New Zealand teachers*) — we thought it might be a good time to remind everyone to download the free Edmodo app for your iPhone or Android. The [...]
New Feature: Real time Community updates
One for the first, and most frequent, ways that educators are using Edmodo is to connect, network, and share ideas with other educators. To facilitate this activity, we’ve enhanced the site so that posts to the Communities you’ve joined now appear in the Everything stream. For most of you, this is a great way to [...]
Communities • Features • General
Meet Nic & Jeff – the Founders of Edmodo
Educators ask us all the time about the origins of Edmodo. We thought you might like to hear from the founder’s themselves.
More Inspiration: 7 brand new ideas from teachers
We admit, this is starting to get a little crazy — every time we ask for ways you use Edmodo in the classroom, we receive new and fresh ideas — seems like you never run out of new ways to use it! Here are a few more creative ideas from some of our educators: Pen [...]
General • How-to • Integration Ideas
How are you using Edmodo? Educators from around the world share their ideas
During a recent 20 Ways to Use Edmodo webinar (Tuesdays 4pmEST), attended by educators from UK, Turkey, Australia, Canada, and a number of teachers from the US, our Online Community Manager asked educators how they were using Edmodo. Responses came from 9 states and 5 countries and varied from using Edmodo to jot down [...]
Taking a Global Approach to Education
Now that your classroom, your school, your parents and your colleagues are all on Edmodo – this year we challenge you to break down the walls even further and take a global approach to education. Follow the lead of the teachers and students at The Phoenix School in Salem, MA, who used Edmodo to launch [...]
Parent Accounts are now available on Edmodo. With Parent Accounts, teachers can: Exchange messages and maintain open-communication with parents. Provide direct access to grades and assignments. Send notifications to parents about upcoming due dates and missed assignments. Alert families to school events and activities. Registering parents is similar to student registration, with one additional security measure [...]
4 Ways to Stay Connected with Edmodo in 2011
Happy New Year! Welcome back – hopefully you are energized, refreshed and recharged after the holiday break. We are – and we’re looking forward a very busy and productive 2011. We have a number of new features in store, announcements to make, and a lot of interesting events and professional development opportunities on the [...]
Holiday Homework: 5 Tools for launching Edmodo in January
On behalf of our entire team, we’d like to wish everyone in the Edmodo family around the world a happy holiday season and our best wishes for a safe, happy and healthy New Year. We can’t wait to see what 2011 brings! On that note (and because I am a former teacher who absolutely [...]
I love finding examples of teachers “who get it”. The teachers who, when you learn that your child is going to be in their class next year, cause you to breathe an audible sigh of relief – because you know the year will be filled with breathless stories of new projects, great adventures, and [...]
Attending FETC? Join the discussion on Edmodo
If you are planning to attend FETC in Orlando January 30-Feb 3, 2011 be sure to join the FETC Community on Edmodo. Here you will be able to download and share session materials, participate in backchannel conversations during presentations and keynotes, meet up with other Edmodo educators and get real time updates on the latest [...]
The Edmodo Community Shares. A lot.
There is nothing that we love more than teachers using Edmodo in interesting and engaging ways with their students and colleagues, especially when they share those experiences with the world. Here are some of the most interesting things that we have seen on the Edmodo Public Stream and published on blogs recently. Mrs. Karwowski’s Edmodo [...]
The Assignment and Grading Enhancements You Requested Are Here
Based on educator feedback, over the weekend we launched enhancements to our assignments and grading features that provide greater visibility, flexibility and efficiencies for both you and your students. New features include: ‘At a Glance” view from your Edmodo stream allows you to see immediately how many students have turned in an assignment. Assignment Overview [...]
Scheduled Upgrades: Sunday 9amPT
We’re making some upgrades to Edmodo on Sunday — enhancements that will provide greater visibility, efficiency and flexibility for Assignments and Grading. The whole process should take just a few minutes to make sure everything is moving smoothly and ready to go for school next week, but you may notice some slight changes to the [...]
Donor’s Choose Update From Team Edmodo’s Edmustache
Oh yeah, we’re still growing. With one week left to go, projects funded by the Edmodo’s Edmustache team have impacted over 700 students — through the generous donations from the Edmodo community, Ms. B’s classroom in Indiana now has a Giant-Size Chemistry Model Set and 15 Student Molecular Model Sets, Ms. H’s classroom in Georgia [...]
Welcome Union Square Ventures to the Edmodo Team
Before everyone gets swept up in holiday concerts, assemblies, and the rush of getting those final papers graded so you can “start the new year fresh”, we wanted to take a few moments to reflect back on some of the things you’ve helped us accomplish this year and share with you some exciting new developments [...]
One Million Strong and Growing!
Edmodo has just registered our 1 millionth user! We can hardly believe it’s been two years since we launched Edmodo in response to a demand from teachers for safe social networking tools that could be easily integrated into classroom curriculum. Those forward-thinking educators knew then what is becoming clear to us all now: the classroom is no longer bound [...]
Have you scheduled an Edmodo Meetup yet?
Edmodo meetups are informal gatherings organized by users, for users. They are a great way to meet fellow Edmodo educators in real life, exchange ideas, ask questions, give answers, or simply meet other educators working with Edmodo in your local area. To participate, simply create an Edmodo Meetup in your area & invite your friends [...]
Take the Edmodo Challenge Today
You launched your Edmodo account. Your students are set up, you’ve had a few great class discussions, posted some assignments and maybe you’ve even graded a few of them. You have made the first big step towards transforming your classroom into a true 21st century learning space and you’re walking on sunshine. And now you [...]
Get ready for the New Year – join an Edmodo webinar this month
Please join us for an upcoming webinar. We will cover everything you need to get started using Edmodo in the classroom Refresh your skills on Edmodo for the classroom Learn to leverage Edmodo for professional development Check out new features for teachers, schools and districts Hear exciting news of what’s to come! In the coming weeks, [...]
We asked, you answered! 15 more brilliant ways to use Edmodo
To say we were overwhelmed with the response to last week’s “7 Brilliant Ways to Use Edmodo” blog post would be a huge understatement. Soon after we posted it, ideas and suggestions were flying in from every direction! It’s clear that educators are passionate about using Edmodo in the classroom and we love your creativity in [...]
The Help Center, powered by the Edmodo Community
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Help Center, powered by the Edmodo Community. Whether you are a classroom teacher looking for introductory videos to show your students how to get started, a tech director at a school district who wants to make the case for rolling out Edmodo to all of your [...]
Edmodo Edmustache: We’re off and growing!
It’s been an exciting week, hair-wise, here at Edmodo. Edmodo’s Edmustache is off and growing – it’s been a lot of years since we’ve seen so much lip hair. The great news is –in our first week, we’ve raised almost $1,000 for projects impacting over 500 students. From the generous donations of educators and friends [...]
7 Brilliant Ways to use Edmodo that will Blow. Your. Mind.
Ok, maybe we’re exaggerating. But they are pretty fun ideas:) Following are unique ways to use Edmodo that go beyond the basic features. Science Fair Exhibition Hall: Create a “Science Fair” group and send everyone in the school the group code so they can view powerpoint, glogster, video summaries of student science projects. A great [...]
It all adds up: Edmodo now supports LaTex
We’re pleased to announce that Edmodo now supports LaTeX – a typesetting system that formats mathematical equations using plain text. To include an equation in an Edmodo Note, simply wrap the LaTeX markup in [math] … [/math]. This will generate an image of the corresponding equation, which will be displayed in the post. “But Edmodo, [...]
There has been a lot of Twitter chatter lately from teachers who have discovered the value of Edmodo and are looking for advice on how to convince Administrators of the benefits of integrating social networking tools into the classroom and on how to get other teachers in their school involved in Edmodo. Some great ideas [...]
The men of Edmodo are multi-talented. When they aren’t toiling away at their desks muttering random techie-sounding phrases (which, by the way, we really don’t understand but hey we’re trying to be team players so we just nod and smile sympathetically), they can often be found doing very manly men things — tracking wild game [...]
Do you have a DonorsChoose Project? Let us know
We love DonorsChoose. If you are not familiar with the organization – it’s “an online charity that makes it easier for anyone to help students in need”. Through DonorsChoose, public school teachers post project requests ranging anywhere from paint supplies for an art class to seeds and watering cans for a science experiment. Individuals can [...]
Spotlight on Lodi Unified School District
The teachers and administrators at Lodi Unified School District face many of the same problems that most of you have likely faced when it comes to using technology in the classroom: concerns about how to pay for it, ensuring all students have equal access, old computers, slow internet connections. (Sound familiar?) As this article demonstrates, [...]
By Popular Demand – New Calendar Features
Based on feedback from teachers, we’re pleased to announce new additions to the Edmodo Calendar. We can’t wait to hear what you think! Create multi-day events: Whether you need a reminder for Spirit Week or want to block off next year’s Spring Break, we’ve got you covered. You can now enter an event that spans [...]
Poetry can be a meaningful building block to literacy and critical for helping students learn to express their emotions and ideas. Many teachers, however, find themselves stumped when it comes to tapping into student creativity. Try using Edmodo as a platform for a running poetry slam. Starting with a one-line prompt, ask students to each [...]
Show and Tell: Pixton for Schools
When most of us were in school, the definition of an ‘attentive classroom’ meant rows of desks with students sitting up straight in absolute silence while the teacher delivered a lecture in front of the chalkboard. In fact, the greatest compliment a class could receive was passing the dreaded “Can I hear a Pin Drop?” [...]
Will you be at FETC in January? We’d love to meet you
If you are planning to attend the Florida Education Technology Conference in Orlando in January and would like to join the Edmodo team for some events, we’d love to hear from you. We will be onsite in the Exhibition Hall but we would also like to take some time to sit down with a few [...]
Edmodo for the Android™ makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information. Use your Android phone to send notes, post replies, and check messages and upcoming events while away from the classroom. Edmodo for the Android makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information. Check [...]
We’re All in this together…join our new Communities
Teaching is a collaborative effort. Whether it’s partnering with parents to identify the best way to reach a child, the quiet hum of students working in small groups, or working on lesson plans in your weekly departmental meeting, I think we all agree that we are at our best when we work together. That’s why [...]
Rock the Vote: 3 Ways to Use Edmodo on Election Day
Helping students understand the importance of participating in the election process, no matter what their age, is an on-going challenge in the classroom. Here are a few ideas for how to use Edmodo to help engage students in this week’s election process: Conduct a Mock Election: Set up a quick poll to allow students to [...]
Please join us for an upcoming webinar. We will cover everything you need to return to school: Refresh your skills on Edmodo for the classroom Learn to leverage Edmodo for professional development Check out new features for teachers, schools and districts Hear exciting news of what’s to come! Check back often for updated calendar of [...]
Glogging just got easier with Edmodo
We love seeing the unique array of projects that are posted to the library. It’s exciting to see the way our educators are integrating Web2.0 products in the classroom. One of the most popular is Glogster. If you aren’t familiar with Glogster – in short, it’s a Graphical Blog (G-log….get it?) – a place [...]
Teacher Story Webinar: Live Demo of Edmodo in the Classroom
Teacher Story Webinar, Featuring Robert Miller: Thursday, Sep 30, 2010 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT Our Guest Blogger, Robert Miller, is Back! Last fall, Robert Miller first discovered Edmodo for his fifth grade class. Today, he has proclaimed his Edmodo roll-out a total success! Edmodo has become the anchor for his classroom’s online experience. [...]
Denmark Elementary: An Innovation Leader
We are very pleased about all the excitement around Edmodo as the new school year gets started. Over at edReformer.com, a blog on innovation in education, they are featuring Edmodo in a post highlighting our 500,000th user who comes from Kate Weller’s elementary school class in Denmark, Wisconsin. If you have an Edmodo story about your students [...]
Teacher Testimonial: How Edmodo Helps Special Needs Students
Here is a terrific Edmodo testimonial from a teacher, Michelle Sumner. In her bio, Michelle states, ”Being Deaf, I use technology in every aspect of my life and I make an attempt to demonstrate its use with my students to enhance instructional opportunities as well as build confidence and expose them to real life situations [...]
Edmodo celebrates turning 2 years old with 500,000 users
Happy Birthday Edmodo! Edmodo turns 2 years old today. Actually, it officially happens at 11PM PST tonight. In even bigger news, Edmodo passed a significant milestone today when the 500,000th user signed up! In less than two years, Edmodo has spread across 10,000 schools to a half a million users. What is driving the excitement [...]
Small Groups Help Students Collaborate
Over the course of last school year, teachers requested the ability to create small groups within their larger groups, so students could collaborate on projects. In the past, teachers have had to create a new group for this purpose, and distribute a new code. Today, we introduce Small Groups for Edmodo. To create a small [...]
Teacher Testimonial: Why Our Students Love Edmodo
When Ben Wilkoff began teaching 7th grade Language Arts in 2004, he started connecting the dots between learning and technology. Today, Ben is an Online Learning/ Technology Specialist in the Douglas County (CO) School District. He has been using Edmodo regularly since his district signed up, and has seen tremendous enthusiasm from his students. You [...]
Since we launched Edmodo 2 years ago, teachers have been asking if there was a way to have another teacher co-manage a group. We would like to now introduce Co-Teaching on Edmodo. To add a Co-Teacher to your group, the teacher must first be a member of the group. Then, hover over the group and [...]
Districts Using Edmodo – Interviews With Andover USD in Kansas and Katy ISD in Texas
All week we’ve been telling you about our new school and district level features, free of charge as always. Now we are introducing you to some of the teachers and technology administrators who are using Edmodo’s free social learning network school and district wide. Tomorrow, Thursday, August 19th at 12pm PDT, you can join us [...]
Schools Using Edmodo – Interview With Ben Wilkoff
On Thursday, August 19th, join us for a special webinar that will show you how to get the most out of Edmodo’s new school and district features. During the session, you will hear from Ben Wilkoff, the Online Learning and Technology Resource Specialist for Douglas County Schools in Colorado. Below is a short interview with Ben. Q: [...]
School and District Level Features, Free on Edmodo!
Back to school is always an exciting and busy time, and it’s a moment when teachers are exploring new ways to enhance their teaching. Edmodo is gearing up for back to school too and we’re offering even more opportunities for teachers to engage with their students and collaborate with colleagues. Edmodo’s free social learning network [...]
Announcing Edmodo Weekly Webinar Series
Please join us for an upcoming webinar. We will cover everything you need to return to school: Refresh your skills on Edmodo for the classroom Learn to leverage Edmodo for professional development Check out new features for teachers, schools and districts Hear exciting news of what’s to come! Check back often for updated calendar of [...]
Top 10 embeddable resources for Teachers
Today I was thinking about what were the top 10 social media sites teachers were using. Then it hit me that I could just analyze the Edmodo database and see what sites are most popular among our users. So here you have it, the top 10 embeddable resources that teachers are using on Edmodo. Youtube [...]
The Edmodo iPhone App is here! Edmodo for iPhone makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch to send notes, post replies, and check messages and upcoming events while away from the classroom. Teachers can post last-minute alerts to their students and keep tabs [...]
ISTE is less than 2 weeks away and we’re hard at work preparing for what’s sure to be an exciting conference! Here is a sneak peak at some of the fun events and giveaways we have planned. Be sure to join the ISTE group on edmodo (group code ISTE10) and stop by our booth (#1492) for even more [...]
Guest Post: Thomas Scheeler’s Edmodo Experience
I started using Edmodo in late fall of the 2008-2009 school year at Jim Hill Middle School in Minot, North Dakota where I teach 8th grade Language Arts. After spending just a few minutes “playing” with the service and seeing the capabilities, I quickly realized what an invaluable tool this could be to my classroom. [...]
Edmodo is attending the ISTE conference in June. Are you?
If so, join Edmodo’s ISTE 2010 group on Edmodo to connect and communicate with other conference-goers and learn about the great giveaways and fun events we have planned. For current Edmodo members, just click Join in the groups section of your Edmodo home page and enter the group code “ISTE10″. Non-members can sign up for a free teacher account [...]
Edmodo é em casa! Agora em Português
So my Portuguese is not very good =) However… Edmodo is now available in Portuguese (our translator lives in Rio – thanks Joao!) After launching the Spanish version, we received a lot of requests for a Brazilian edition of Edmodo, so here it is. To all of our friends and cohorts South, we hope you [...]
We’ve launched teacher connections! Now you can connect with other teachers to discover resources and share best practices. Here’s a quick guide to help you explore our new features. Teacher Profiles Your profile page builds upon the user page already available in the current Edmodo. We’ve added activity streams and the ability to quickly navigate [...]
Files are back! Not only files, but links, embeds, and all of the other items that you include in your message posts are now stored in your own personal library. The Library Our new, intelligent Library automatically saves any link, embed, or file that you have ever sent or received. In the Library, you can [...]
Group public timeline urls and rss feeds have changed
When we launched Edmodo all groups created had to have a unique name in our database. At first this was not a problem, but as we have grown it has become harder and harder for teachers to come up with unique names for their classes. With our latest release of edmodo, group names no longer [...]
edmodo – a major milestone and a big thank you
First, I would like to say thank you for the support and understanding that you have shown over the last couple of days as we have worked through the issues raised as we rolled out our new platform. With this new rollout, we will be able to continue to support the tremendous growth that we [...]
Edmodo Undergoing System Upgrade Saturday 3/20 at 9pm PST
Edmodo will be offline for a short period to undergo some system code and server upgrades starting at 9:00pm PST Saturday 3/20/10. Here are some highlights that will be available after the new system upgrade: Edmodo will now be fully internationalized. We started with Spanish support. More languages can be added very easily and quickly [...]
Edmodo gets a new home page redesign
We just launched a new homepage which outlines the benefits & features of Edmodo. We would love to hear your comments and what you think of the new redesign. If you click “Tour” on the homepage we now have a video tour of Edmodo which you can view below.
Edmodo on ABC News Chicago: Techno Teaching
Edmodo was featured on an ABC News Chicago segment entitled Techno Teaching. Here is a clip of the video and a link to the full article. We had fun recording this piece and even more excited about the teachers and students ABC featured using Edmodo. I just want to thank ABC News Chicago for letting [...]
Teacher’s Corner: Robert Miller’s Edmodo Experience
Note: The following post is a guest post by Robert Miller, who is a 5th grade teacher at Port Orange Elementary in Port Orange, Florida. Robert Miller is an Apple Distinguished Educator, BrainPOP Advisor, and one of NSBA’s 2009 “20 to Watch”. Robert can be found on twitter @RobrtMiller and at his class website http://www.maxclassonline.net [...]
A couple weeks ago we quietly launched a simple new feature on Edmodo, that was the direct result of teacher input. Shared Tags enable you as a teacher to selectively share certain tags with your students. To share a tag, first click the “Manage” link in the upper-right of the Tags Panel. This will take [...]
Re-Tweet this to enter to win an ipod touch from Edmodo
UPDATE: The current Edmodo Twitter giveaway is over. Congrats to @mmiller7571 for winning the iPod touch on Twitter. Edmodo has a booth at the Florida Education Technology (FETC) Conference in Orlando, FL this week. We are doing a few iPod touch giveaways at our booth and if your here at FETC you should stop by [...]
We just updated the Edmodo Mobile Webapp. New Post and Logout links have been added to the top of the web app. The post tab has been replaced with a Groups tab so you can view just posts from an individual group instead of only all your groups at the same time as is with [...]
The number one feature request we have received for Edmodo is an iPhone/iPod touch or mobile web app. This is something that has been on our agenda since we launched Edmodo. Tonight we would like to give everyone an early holiday present and announce the beta of the Edmodo Mobile Web Application at http://m.edmodo.com. [...]
Edmodo Polls: You can now post polls to your Edmodo groups
We just launched Edmodo Polls for teachers. Edmodo Polls is a simple system that allows you to post polls to your Edmodo groups to get quick anonymous feedback from your students effortlessly. Lets do a quick overview of how easy it is to add a poll. First click the “more” link in the Edmodo post [...]
KSS Summit Edmodo Presentation
We found this Edmodo presentation online that was created by Howard Chan from Kipp Adelante Prepatory Academy for their annual summit in Orlando, Fl in August. (hope they invite us to come next year, I could use a vacation with Mickey Mouse He makes several points about his thoughts on Edmodo, which we would [...]
Small Interface Change… Big Improvement
We’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about how to find an assignment and we kept having to repeat the same thing over and over on how to filter your streams by post type. There was a drop down menu above your stream that you had to click to expose your filtering options. We [...]
One teachers Edmodo experience with a student
Edmodo has been an integrated part of my students’ school life for a number of weeks now. My class is a relatively small grade five group of 10 boys and 9 girls. We are part of a rural school in Queensland Australia with just over 230 students spanning grades 1-7. The school is wonderfully equipped [...]
I’ve been asked quite a few times if we had any t-shirts which I regrettably had to say no. Today that has changed. I decided to create an Edmodo Cafe Press Store so Edmodo supporters can now purchase some Edmodo gear. We have a bunch of different style t-shirts and coffee mugs. You can get [...]
We launched Edmodo 3.0 this evening. It’s been a long day and we are tired from working all day. I will do a more in depth post tomorrow. Just wanted to thank everyone that has reported bugs and joined us in the live u-stream this evening. We had a great time.
We are launching Edmodo 3.0 on Friday July 31st
I just wanted to write a quick post letting you know that we are going to be launching Edmodo 3.0 on Friday July 31st. We will have some site outages during the day while we take Edmodo offline and do the upgrade. I would not make plans to use Edmodo for any course work on [...]
Thank you for a successful Year
With the school year coming to a close for most of the U.S., Nic and I wanted to send a big thank you to all the Edmodo users that have helped make Edmodo a success. It has blown our mind since launching in September of 2008, 37,786 students and teachers have signed up for Edmodo, [...]
Edmodo outage – restored from backup
Edmodo hit a little rough patch this morning and we had to restore from last nights backup which was done about 5:00am CST 5-15-2009. Here is what happened. We have two versions of Edmodo, one that everyone uses and one that is purely for development, but unfortunately they were sharing the same production database. Essentially [...]
The EdTech Podcast just released Episode #5 where Chris & Matt interview myself (Jeff O’Hara) and we talk about Edmodo, the new Amazon Kindle, and other topics related to education technology. The EdTech podcast is very new as you can see by this only being their fifth episode, but it is quickly shaping up to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Creative Commons in Education & the Classroom
I often get asked about what type of content is legal to use on School & Teacher’s websites. I explain that it is not ok to use copyrighted material that other people own on their websites. I try to explain to them what Creative Commons (CC) is and why they should think about using CC [...]
You can now search within Edmodo
One of the critical features missing from Edmodo was the ability to search your posts. We can finally say that this has been corrected as the search feature was rolled out quietly last week. Search works based on which group’s posts you are viewing at the time of the search. If you’re viewing the “everything” [...]
You can now edit posts on Edmodo!!!
We just pushed out our #1 requested feature: you can now edit posts! This shouldn’t need much more explanation than you click the edit link on posts you have created, edit your post, and save. Please let us know if you have any problems.
Classroom 2.0 Live Workshop Lightning Demo
Last friday a teacher using Edmodo, Phil Cook, gave a demo at the Classroom 2.0 Live Workshop in Chicago, IL. I decided to go and video the demo, take some pictures, and answering any questions anybody might have about edmodo.
Assignment Turn-In & Grading System Launched
When we launched Edmodo just a little over a month ago our assignment system was pretty much just a notification for assignments. We are proud to announce a complete Assignment Turn-In and Grading system has been added to Edmodo. After a teacher has posted an assignment in Edmodo a student will see a link to [...]
We have been getting some great press over the last 3 weeks since we launched Edmodo. I wanted to share some of the best articles with you. http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=432 – What students think of Edmodo http://mashable.com/2008/09/18/edmodo/ http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=403 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/edmodo-twitter-for-educators/ http://www.openeducation.net/2008/09/20/edmodo-free-microblogging-site-for-educators/ http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/digital_passports/2008/09/05/edmodo-twitter-designed-for-the-classroom/ http://www.blogher.com/edmodo-microblogging-classroom We have been really humbled by the support that people have given to Edmodo and [...]
We now have a documentation wiki
One of the things we have been lacking is documentation about Edmodo and how to use it. So we have just setup a wiki at http://wiki.edmodo.com. We currently have 4 guides posted and we will be posting more. Teacher Quickstart Guide Student Quickstart Guide Posting to Edmodo Upload an Avatar If you have any tips [...]
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New features – Calendar & Notifications
I just wanted to let everyone know we launched Notifications on Sunday & we Launched a simple calendar yesterday. You can setup your notifications in the settings tab and you should now see a calendar tab inside your Edmodo account. Cheers, The Edmodo Team
We are launching Edmodo…. NOW!!!!
Big news today: We have just launched Edmodo at http://www.edmodo.com and invite you to come sign up. What is Edmodo? Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. Teachers also have the ability to mark any post from their [...]
I just wanted to write and let everybody know Edmodo is on Twitter. We have been on twitter for quite some time, but really haven’t promoted the account. As we near launch we are going to start to use the Edmodo twitter account a bit more for announcements, help, support, and pretty much however you [...]
