1. Edmodo
Mark Schruender
“As long as you’re asking what’s next, you’ll get
there. But never be content with where you’re
at.” – Darren Kuropatwa

2. My classroom
technology timeline
 August 2009. Hired.
 Meet X2, the online grading system.

4. The Impact of X2
Pro
 Parents find out instantly
Con
 Students are not given
passwords
?
?
?
?

5. My Classroom
Technology Timeline
Continued…
 October 2010. CarlostheChicken is born.
 The dog can’t eat the internet.

7. The Impact of Carlos
Pros
 Excuses cut significantly
 Parents know…
Cons
 Homework still not perfect
 Kids are spectators

8. Technology Timeline
Continued…
 September 2012. Textbook Online
 Create discussions.

10. The Impact of Textbook
Discussions
Pro
 Students creating
 Students conversing
Con
 Site navigation
 Lack of bells and whistles
 Promotion by teacher
 No alerts

11. Technology Timeline
Continued…
 May 2013. Netbook computers get fast.
 Kids have Google accounts.
 Kids can then have their own Khan
Academy accounts

13. The Impact of Khan
Pros
 Kids motivated by badges
 Teachers get data
Cons
 No true sense of community
 Independent

14. Where am I now when it
comes to technology?
 X2 – the online gradebook
 CarlostheChicken
 The Textbook Online
 Khan Academy

15. My Problem:
Students don’t currently have a voice online.
Students don’t communicate outside of class.

16. What’s Next?
Edmodo!

17. What can you do with
Edmodo?
 Communicate
 Teacher to student
 Student to teacher
 Teacher to parent
 Parent to teacher
 Most importantly: student to student

18. Why would students
want to come?
 Creating
 Make a profile
 Ask questions
 Answer questions
 Have a voice
 Share (math) pictures
 Earn Badges
 100 Club
 Homework Helper

19. Implementation
 Not immediate
 Rules & Protocols
 Approval
 Account Names
 Passwords
 Message posts
 Pictures
 Sharing links

20. Other Bells & Whistles
 Teacher to teacher social network
 Create polls
 Create quizzes
 Calendar
 Google Docs
 Schedule Posts

21. Where Edmodo falls
short…
 Facebook? Not close.
 No communication between schools
 No lengthy writing assignments
 Overlap with other tech

22. Educational benefits of
Edmodo
 Type faster
 Students learn protocols for communication
 Reading new literacies
 Work from home

23. Educational benefits of
Edmodo Continued…
 Pictures of math
 Students can become the teacher
 Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others
 A stepping stone to Twitter “microblogging”