PD Session on Edmodo

 A PD session was organized on Edmodo on 15th December. As emphasized, Edmodo utilizes a design similar to Facebook, and provides teachers and students a secure place to connect, collaborate and share content. Teachers are also able to post grades, assignments and quizzes to students. Students can submit homework and view their grades and any comments the teacher may have posted about their assignment. Teachers can also create polls and post topics for discussion among the students. Teachers can differentiate and individualize learning through the creation of sub-groups within a course. After each course period is completed; the teacher closes out the network and creates a new one for the next course.

It helps educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner. Edmodo promotes anytime, anyplace learning. Functionally, it allows teachers to post messages, discuss classroom topics, assign and grade class work, share content and materials, and network and exchange ideas with their peers.

Perhaps the best and shortest reason one can say after attending the session is that students love using it. Equally importantly, it takes very little effort for teachers. The low barrier-to-entry means edmodo will actually get used by students and teachers, at very low risk of wasting school time or money.