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Edmodo is a versatile platform that has found extensive use in educational settings. Teachers have embraced Edmodo as a valuable tool for engaging students and implementing lessons aligned with CCSS standards. By providing an easy-to-use interface, Edmodo enables seamless communication and collaboration among teachers, students, administrators, and parents. It serves as a learning management system, allowing teachers to integrate it into their classrooms and providing students with access to a wealth of online storage space for assignments and resources.
One of the key benefits of Edmodo is its accessibility across web-enabled devices, enabling communication and collaboration beyond traditional school hours. This feature has been particularly helpful for online and blended learning initiatives, as well as for facilitating communication between teachers and their students. Additionally, Edmodo has been utilized by professional learning communities to foster asynchronous communication among teachers, allowing them to share best practices and lesson plans.
Edmodo's usefulness extends beyond the classroom as it connects various stakeholders in education. Through Edmodo, students, parents, and the community can stay connected with teachers and administrators, uploading text messages, digital content, class schedules, and assignments. It also serves as a platform for collaboration and sharing of materials between classes and even schools worldwide, promoting the exchange of ideas and content.
Overall, Edmodo has proved to be a reliable tool for enhancing classroom experiences, streamlining communication, and encouraging collaboration among students. It offers a secure environment for sharing projects and receiving feedback from peers while teaching students about netiquette and cybersafety. Moreover, Edmodo has been instrumental in expanding teachers' professional networks by connecting them with other educators for resource sharing and support.
We currently use Edmodo in the intermediate level of grades 3-5. Older grade levels are using another program entirely. We are using Edmodo to connect with both students and parents over assignments and class scheduling.
Pros
Scheduling homework assignments is great.
Connecting with parents is very smooth.
Having multiple teachers to share a group of students is very easy to do.
Cons
Lots of competition. Many programs offer similar tasks or abilities, some that have better UI.
Not always the easiest to connect to my school server for uploading student information.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is most suited for being in a classroom that has 1-1 tablets or computers for students to access their individual homework and schedule.
Edmodo allows our classrooms to engage in a safe and secure social network. Teachers use it for posting assignments and class discussions. It is especially useful for students who are absent, as they can still participate, collaborate, and engage with their peers and their teachers.
Pros
Edmodo allows teachers to control who has access to the materials. This ensures the instructional environment is protected from anonymous users or others outside the classroom with no valid interest.
Cons
Edmodo offers features that can be found in other "walled garden" classroom social network services. For example, Google Classroom functions very similarly.
Likelihood to Recommend
Edmodo is best suited in grades 5-8. High schoolers are less likely to engage in a "walled garden" social network given their robust experience with more mainstream products such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Many teachers in our organization use Edmodo in the classroom, but we also have schools and committees that are using Edmodo for their professional learning communities. We have found Edmodo useful in a large school district like ours, as it allows many of our teachers who are alone in their buildings, like Librarians, Art and Music teachers, and PE teachers, to asynchronously communicate with each other about best practices, share lesson plans, and have a stronger sense of team.
Pros
Edmodo syncs with my Google Drive, making the sharing of assignments, handouts, pictures, and videos incredibly easy. Because I can store often-used materials in my Edmodo library, I can find them easily for the next time I am working on that unit.
The quizzes are easy to set up and they can be used again, so if I need to do a check for understanding on a particular topic in multiple classrooms, or use the same baseline data collection quiz for more than one semester, I need only create the quiz once.
The calendar feature for Edmodo allows me to plan my lessons days, even weeks ahead. I can keep assignments hidden until the day I plan to teach them, and if I need extra time for a lesson within a unit, adjusting the due dates is a simple drag-and-drop operation.
Cons
One of the features that my students and I were upset to lose was the Tagging option for assignments. When I used the Tags to mark a Unit, students who had missed a significant amount of school could search for the appropriate tag (say, Unit 2 Persuasive) to find the assignments and materials easily. Having to scroll down through the news feed was time-consuming and cumbersome, and students were unable to locate lecture notes by clicking on the calendar, so without the tags, locating missed assignments was frustrating.
I don't mind making my own badges, but I wish there were an easy-to-find location where I could find badges created by other teachers so I could borrow them for my own classes.
Likelihood to Recommend
I find Edmodo to be especially suited to secondary school. It is a great way to accommodate the busy schedules of teens who are often working their first jobs or attending sports and have limited time for homework, but can benefit from looking up assignments or receiving reminders on their phones. It also prepares them for college in that it resembles many collegiate LMS systems.
My company used Edmodo in its test prep classes. ACT instructors would set up a "class" in Edmodo for their students in which students would submit assignments, view homework and grades, network, and ask questions of the instructor.
We also used Edmodo as a resource hub for test prep instructors and tutors. I was the administrator on the corporate account and maintained a digital archive/library of resources to help our employees teach/tutor various subject areas. Instructors/tutors were also able to share and post resources themselves.
Pros
There are many great "help" resources on Edmodo to help new users get started.
The archive/library was really useful for allowing users within our group (our tutors/instructors) to view and share resources they found helpful for working with students.
The interface is really user-friendly and simple to use!
Cons
I didn't like that a group would lock after a short amount of time (2 weeks, maybe?) because every tim this happened, I would have to reset the password manually and then email it out to all of the administrative sub-users. It wasn't very time-consuming, but because I had to do it relatively often, it became a bit tedious.
Even though the "help" documents were really helpful (in that there were lots of them covering a multitude of topics), the design was not very aesthetically pleasing. This is a small complaint because I don't really have any major issues to report!
Likelihood to Recommend
The way I normally describe Edmodo is an "all-in-one social networking site and resource hub for educators". Because it's free to use (or at least it was back when I used it--I'm not sure if it still is), there are absolutely no drawbacks to giving it a try. And because it's simple to learn, using it with a team does not require a great deal of organization or training.
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Administrator in Research & Development (Education Management company, 1001-5000 employees)
I currently use Edmodo with all my students (grades 9-12 and 6 classes). I use Edmodo as our primary form of communication, file sharing, communicative language activities, small group work within the larger Edmodo class groups, and as a way of having students complete online activities and quizzes. Edomodo allows for an easy tool of communication through an interface similar to Facebook, which many students are familiar with, but in a safer manner. I have also used Edmodo with colleagues in a similar manner: collaboration, communication and cooperation. I am also a member of several Edmodo communities which allows me the opportunity to share ideas and post questions to professionals across the world.
Pros
Edmodo allows me the opportunity to reach all my student groups at once. This makes time management a breeze.
Students can submit activities to me directly, which minimized the stacks of papers I have and allows me the opportunity for instant feedback to students.
Edmodo also allows for easy filing sharing and storage, so that students and parents can access documents as needed through a virtual filing cabinet.
Cons
There is still some need to improve the various types of electronic "quizzes" which can be created on Edmodo. I would love to be able to create various types of activities. The current function is very limited.
The apps marketplace would be more useful if it incorporated more types of applications. I would like to see an increase of resources there.
Likelihood to Recommend
I strongly recommend Edmodo due to its ease of use and functionality for communication and collaboration features. Edmodo has a great application for smartphones and iPads which works very similary to the online interface which is very nice. Using Edmodo with my students and having the application on my smartphone, allows me the opportunity to answer students questions when needed and helps me keep students informed constantly. Edmodo is also a great tool to help if a teacher is interested in Flipping the classroom.
Edmodo provides password protected access to teacher generated content and facilitates communication with students by teachers.
Pros
Edmodo is a convenient hub for posting assignments, resources and course communication.
Edmodo is easy to use and requires very limited computer expertise on the part of the teacher.
Some students and parents appreciated the single spot for chronologically ordered assignment postings and resources.
Cons
The organization of the site is inflexible.
The course pages can seem busy and can be confusing for parents and students to navigate.
The site becomes an additional maintenance responsibility for each prep. This can be problematic if a teacher also has a website, online grade book, and online communication to maintain elsewhere.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think it is best for use with younger students who need lots of direction and do not have the ability to make decisions in utilizing resources themselves. I think the more uncomfortable a colleague is with technology- the more likely I would be to encourage edmodo. I also think it is great for a shorter professional development course or hub.
I currently use Edmodo for my elementary afterschool choral group consisting of 4th and 5th grade students. I use it to post calendar events that all members can see, post assignments for students, and to link videos and music files that the students can use to practice their songs at home. It is a valuable resource because it makes the files easily accessible to the students, saves me time and money from printing paper or making CD copies of music. I have also created a social page for those students to use to socialize with each other in a safe way and to help eliminate the need to socialize during our chorus meeting time once a week.
Pros
You can take polls of the students either for fun, or to get a feel for what they learned.
You can post assignments and track their progress.
You can reward the students with electronic "badges" which essentially replaces the old idea of "stickers'. This is cost effective.
It keeps all important documents in one place where it can be easily accessed by all members.
Cons
Some students have created multiple accounts and joined the same group twice. I'm not sure how or why they have had to create a second account, but a red flag should occur when two files of identical names try to join the same group.
Likelihood to Recommend
I would like to see an easier version geared towards elementary children. Kidmodo perhaps? I think that the current version is better suited for Jr. High and H.S. students. I think some college classes might enjoy it's use as well and it certainly is a great place for keeping a class on track.
Edmodo was used as an online discussion forum for students enrolled in online courses of the College of Business. It allowed for students to interact with each other in a user-friendly environment with excellent tracking features for faculty. It allowed faculty to not only filter interactions by student for grading purposes, but to also see their interactions in the context of the group conversation. The learning management system used at the university did not display the user interactions in context and this allowed for faculty to see the original posts from all students and the responses that they were promoting.
Pros
Great customer service! I could contact them directly and I always received a timely and detailed response or solution.
Very easy to navigate and understand.
Excellent tracking features to see discussion contributions in the context of the entire conversation.
Cons
In order to assign a graded discussion in Edmodo, it has to be created as an assignment. Once the students post their responses, they are turned in and not available for other students to view and are therefore unable to promote discussion. We used a grading rubric and assigned the grade in the LMS in order to avoid this hang up.
Likelihood to Recommend
This tool is free to use for educational purposes and is great for use especially when an LMS in unavailable. Additionally, the tracking features of the software give faculty the entire picture of where discussion contributions fell in the context of the entire discussion. This is most useful in a situation where students are not only be graded on their initial responses, but also on responses to classmate's contributions.
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Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (Higher Education company, 5001-10,000 employees)
I personally used Edmodo in my classroom as an alternative to the Blackboard Learning Management System. I was initially drawn to its simplistic, "Facebook-esque" interface, and its ability to send notifications to students on upcoming assignments. I found it easier for the students to access and quicker for them to master than Blackboard.
Pros
Simplistic, easy to access interface. Students relate to Facebook like format.
Google Drive Integration
Fantastic Professional Learning Communities and programming. The Polar Bear expedition program a few years ago is a prime example.
Cons
I've found that other learning management systems to have richer student discussion options.
Other learning management systems like Schoology have a deeper set of options in designing student assessments. For example, Schoology supports rubric based assessments.
Mobile app was not as versatile competitors.
Likelihood to Recommend
Edmodo is a fantastic tool and I highly recommend it to any teacher. Personally, I have switched over to Schoology for this school year. If you are primarily going to be using a online learning management system for quick notifications and reminders Edmodo will be well suited for the task. If you plan on fully uploading a course onto a LMS than personally I find the behind the scenes infrastructure of a site like Schoology to be better adapted to the fluidity workflow, assessment creation flexibility, and student discussion options that are needed.
In today’s 21st century classroom, it is imperative that students are given the opportunities to interact with technology. Edmodo is a very useful educational platform to use in the classroom and encourages students to improve their digital literacy at school. Edmodo boasts a design that is very familiar to Facebook, something that welcomes to students and encourages student interaction as Edmodo mimics something that many of them interact with on a daily basis. However, it is important to make it clear to students that although Edmodo’s set up is similar-looking to Facebook, it is in fact very different and should be used for educational purposes only. Edmodo is a nice “closed garden” for students. Students are only able to access their “class” if they are given a log-in by a teacher. This is nice and puts parents at ease that their children’s work is protected by Edmodo’s log-in feature. Parents do have the ability to access Edmodo groups as well. They can be given a password from a child’s teacher to log-in at access that child’s class. While this is a nice feature, many schools have district websites for teachers or teams of teachers. Having another log-in for many parents may not be ideal. Edmodo’s capabilities are wide-ranging. This website allows teachers the ability to post assignments, quizzes, documents, videos, links, calendars, formative assessments, etc. Students also have access to a virtual “backpack” which allows them to upload documents that they can access anywhere with internet access. Students and teachers can also interact with each other by sending messages to one another. This feature opens up the doors of virtual communication and is a good way to teach students how to act responsibly when interacting with one another online. Edmodo also has a wide-variety of apps available in its store to enhance student’s Edmodo experience. The biggest downfall with Edmodo in my experience is the fact that a document cannot be simultaneously edited by a student and teacher. If a student is submitting an assignment they must save it and upload it to Edmodo. Then, the teacher must open it from Edmodo, make changes, save it, and then upload it back to Edmodo. With an online environment like Google Drive, students and teacher have the capability to edit documents simultaneously and have them saved automatically on the Google Drive. Overall, I would give Edmodo a very favorable rating. For what it does, it does well, and is ideal for an elementary/middle school classroom. At a higher grade level a teacher may want to supplement Edmodo with a more advanced online learning environment.
Pros
Edmodo boasts a design that is very familiar to Facebook, something that welcomes to students and encourages student interaction as Edmodo mimics something that many of them interact with on a daily basis. However, it is important to make it clear to students that although Edmodo’s set up is similar-looking to Facebook, it is in fact very different and should be used for educational purposes only. Edmodo is a nice “closed garden” for students.
Edmodo’s capabilities are wide-ranging. This website allows teachers the ability to post assignments, quizzes, documents, videos, links, calendars, formative assessments, etc. Students also have access to a virtual “backpack” which allows them to upload documents that they can access anywhere with internet access.
Students and teachers can also interact with each other by sending messages to one another. This feature opens up the doors of virtual communication and is a good way to teach students how to act responsibly when interacting with one another online. Edmodo also has a wide-variety of apps available in its store to enhance student’s Edmodo experience.
Cons
The biggest downfall with Edmodo in my experience is the fact that a document cannot be simultaneously edited by a student and teacher. If a student is submitting an assignment they must save it and upload it to Edmodo. Then, the teacher must open it from Edmodo, make changes, save it, and then upload it back to Edmodo. With an online environment like Google Drive, students and teacher have the capability to edit documents simultaneously and have them saved automatically on the Google Drive.
Parents do have the ability to access Edmodo groups as well. They can be given a password from a child’s teacher to log-in at access that child’s class. While this is a nice feature, many schools have district websites for teachers or teams of teachers. Having another log-in for many parents may not be ideal.
Likelihood to Recommend
For what it does, it does well, and is ideal for an elementary/middle school classroom. At a higher grade level a teacher may want to supplement Edmodo with a more advanced online learning environment.
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Professional (Primary/Secondary Education company, 1001-5000 employees)
