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Educ 515 Case Study Allowing teachers and education to meet students in their world

Picture this: you are teaching a freshman class and just assigned a large assignment that is due tomorrow. However, after school you realize that you gave out wrong information regarding the assignment! You could send an email, but when would students see the email? You could post an announcement on your class WIKI… but how many students would logon in time to see it? And then you realize… at the beginning of the year you decided to include Edmodo as one of your classroom resources. So, you jump onto your class Edmodo page that post an updae that instantly sent via text message to every student and parent – how wonderful! Everyone knows what is going on, the parents feel like they are informed, and your assignment will still be accomplished by your students and ready to turn it tomorrow! This is just one of the many features Edmodo offers!

Think of Edmodo as a communication hub that is free to use and safe! Edmodo enables teachers to share content, applications, grades, class discussions and notifications with students, parents and faculty.

A HISTORY OF EDMODO: In 2008 something started to happen. Technology started to race forward along with the lives of our students while education remained stagnant. It was then that Edmodo founders Nic Borg and Jeff O’Hara decided to create a tool that would close the gap between how students live their lives and the classroom – allowing teachers and education to meet students in their world:

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The pros and cons for Edmodo


 * ** Benefits ** || ** Drawbacks ** ||
 * By giving teachers and students a secure place to share thoughts and ideas, Edmodo connects teachers and students both inside and outside of the classroom. Edmodo is available from any computer making it possible to access information outside of the classroom environment. || Students may use technology as more of a social networking site than as an educational tool. Students may want to participate in more social conversation than academic. ||
 * Teachers have the ability to post resources they find useful and of good quality in the library tab. This gives students another resource for academic information and cuts out the time they would spend trying to find it. || It is difficult to filter what students write on each other’s wall. Inappropriate and non-academic content can easily be written on a student’s main page. ||
 * Provides quick and easy access to assignments, polls, calendars, and other information on the web. || Some students may not have access to computers at home, leaving them at a disadvantage if assignments are given through Edmodo. ||
 * Parents are able to log-on to account with class code and see what students are learning/doing in the classroom. The hope is to create more parent involvement by giving || Students will easily be able to share and access other student’s files. This could lead to ethical issues in cheating and copying of others’ work. ||

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