Using 21st Century Tools to Help You and Your Students Communicate
What is it: Online class management program that provides safe communication tools for students What about accounts: Students and teachers create their own accounts; teachers provide course code for students to join a class What can my students and I do with it: In Edmodo, you can create an online learning environment that is like the best of Facebook and blackboard. Features of Edmodo: • • • • • • • • • • • •
Teacher accounts Student accounts—no email required Parent accounts Students enroll in teacher classes with a 6-digit code Small groups within classes Discussion board using the Notes feature Assignment creation including scheduling of assignments Assignment turn-in feature Library of frequently used documents Educational Apps to help students learn Quiz creation feature Poll creation feature
To log into Edmodo click here
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Click here to get ideas on how to use Edmodo in your classsroom
What is it: Online class management program that provides safe communication tools for students What about accounts: Accounts are already created; new students are uploaded daily What can I and my students do with it:
Click here to log in to Gaggle
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Click here to get ideas on how to use Gaggle in your classroom
What is it: A safe, free way for teachers to send text messages to students and parents without giving out their own cell phone number What about accounts: You create an account to create classes, manage classes, create and send text messages How does it work: Once you create an account and create classes, your students text a class code to a Remind 101 number associated with your classes.
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Click here to see how to use Remind 101 in your classroom.
Teacher Websites
One quick and easy way to communicate with students and parents is by using a teacher website. Click on the links below to look at some excellent teacher websites: Coming Attractions Pure Communication http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/ebrooks/2013/08/ http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/ccharltonmatejka/
Click on the links to the left and think about what makes these excellent examples of teacher websites.
http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/naldridge/ http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/aspoonhower/ http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/ecurfman/ Some teacher websites sites that rock: NNPS Community School Rack iTeach Classjump Gaggle Edmodo