By Guest Author | April 16th, 2014 | No Comments
This is a guest post from Kelly Croy, 7th grade Language Arts teacher at Oak Harbor Middle School. The post was originally published on WiredEducator.com.
I’ve been using Edmodo for the past two years and I love it. As a middle school English teacher, I love having my students submit their work through Edmodo and regularly use it for:
An Ideal Assessment Tool
My administrators have recently encouraged and required more formative assessments in my plan. As a result, I’m starting to use Edmodo a little differently and discovering that it’s a great way to integrate exit tickets.
There are three features that help me conduct formative assessment in my classroom (and in ways my students actually enjoy):
I really enjoy using Edmodo for formative assessment and exit tickets — it makes it easy to discover what everyone is learning, or needs more help with. Thanks to Edmodo, I’m better able to manage and engage my classroom!