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Edmodo just gets better with Version 3.0

A great toolAgree totally, Chris. I've used Edmodo for a while now with a couple of classes. While 2.0 was good, 3.0 is much faster - really noticeable on wireless. Studnets love it. My 13 year old students call it "school sanctioned Facebook". Other teachers at our school love it...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Edmodo

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Edmodo just gets better with Version 3.0

A while ago I posted here ("If a teacher had designed Twitter") about a really slick tool called Edmodo. Essentially, Edmodo is a Twitter-like microblogging platform with grouping, calendaring, and assignment functionality built in. As I wrote back in April, Edmodo is a piece...

Tags: Twitter, Teacher, Edmodo, Productivity, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Other uses for Edmodo

Other uses for EdmodoGreat Ideas1-3 already being implemented by many people. As far as #4 we have some homeschoolers using Edmodo already. We do want to add parent integration to Edmodo so parents can see grades, view their child's work, and communicate directly with the teacher. Edmodo...

Tags: Edmodo

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Other uses for Edmodo

As I spent more time exploring Edmodo, I realized that it had could have quite a few Twitter-esque uses outside the classroom. Any current users (or Jeff O'Hara, aka @zemote, one of the cofounders of Edmodo whom I met on Twitter), please chime in with alternate uses you might...

Tags: Professional Development, Tool, Edmodo, E-mail, Productivity, Training And Certification, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-16

If a teacher had designed Twitter

It would have looked like Edmodo. I just discovered Edmodo yesterday, somewhat ironically via Twitter. Like Twitter, it's a microblogging site, but it builds in significant additional functionality to support classroom interactions. Note to any student information systems vendors looking to build social media functionality into your...

Tags: Twitter, Teacher, Edmodo, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Additional Resources

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Blog posts 2009-08-12

Does Ashton Kutcher kill Twitter's credibility?

So Ashton Kutcher beat CNN to a million followers. Great. One more reason for Twitter to make it into the news lately. This is all well and good except I'm wasting my breath talking about how useful Twitter could be in a classroom and all people are thinking...

Tags: Twitter, Blogging, Productivity, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-17

News to know: Google; iBotnet; Cisco; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google earnings deliver; Sales growth slows; Economy still in 'uncharted territory' Statement: GOOGLE ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2009...

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Blog posts 2009-04-17