Edmodo Blog / Press
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 [...]
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, [...]
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?” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
