Edmodo & Blendspace
in the Classroom
Description: Participants will gain a basic understanding of blended learning and explore Edmodo, a learning management system and Blendspace, a multimedia lesson creator.
Dates:
June 9, 2014
June 25, 2014
Below are resources used, mentioned or additional from the training workshop.
Dates:
June 9, 2014
June 25, 2014
Below are resources used, mentioned or additional from the training workshop.
Click on the gear wheel to access the speaker notes. There are some additional web links in those notes.
Blended Learning
E-Learning Resources: Blended Learning - This site provides an overview on blended learning addressing the following questions:
What is Blended Learning?
Why use Blended Learning?
How does one create Blended Learning?
What medium can be used in Blended Learning?
What are the challenges of Blended Learning?
What are the advantages of Blended Learning?
Blended Learning in Grades 9-12 (from the wikibook Blended Learning in K-12) - This section focuses on the following:
Top 10 Reasons that Blended Learning is Worth the Hype! - This blog post addresses the top reasons that blended learning is worth a teacher's time and effort.
10 Tools to Get Started with Blended Learning - The author of this blog post offers 10 recommended tools to use when creating a blended learning environment. Tools include learning management systems, like Edmodo, screencasting software, social bookmarking, backchannels for discussion, collaborative tools and more.
Blended Learning: Strategies for Engagement - This article from Edutopia addresses strategies for increasing student engagement in blended learning environments.
10 Blended Learning Trends - Edudemic offers this infographic on the 10 blended learning trends showing up in classrooms today.
Teaching to the Common Core State Standards Using Blended Learning - An hour long webinar discussing strategies for leveraging blended learning, online discussions, and group collaboration to address the Common Core State Standards. (description from the site)
What is Blended Learning?
Why use Blended Learning?
How does one create Blended Learning?
What medium can be used in Blended Learning?
What are the challenges of Blended Learning?
What are the advantages of Blended Learning?
Blended Learning in Grades 9-12 (from the wikibook Blended Learning in K-12) - This section focuses on the following:
- Research on Effectiveness of Blended Learning
- Getting Started with Blended Learning
- Moving Forward: Incorporating Synchronous Web Components into the High School Class
- Use of Asynchronous Web Components in Secondary Education
- Pulling It All Together: The Teacher's Perspective
- The Role of Blended Learning in the Future of High School Education
Top 10 Reasons that Blended Learning is Worth the Hype! - This blog post addresses the top reasons that blended learning is worth a teacher's time and effort.
10 Tools to Get Started with Blended Learning - The author of this blog post offers 10 recommended tools to use when creating a blended learning environment. Tools include learning management systems, like Edmodo, screencasting software, social bookmarking, backchannels for discussion, collaborative tools and more.
Blended Learning: Strategies for Engagement - This article from Edutopia addresses strategies for increasing student engagement in blended learning environments.
10 Blended Learning Trends - Edudemic offers this infographic on the 10 blended learning trends showing up in classrooms today.
Teaching to the Common Core State Standards Using Blended Learning - An hour long webinar discussing strategies for leveraging blended learning, online discussions, and group collaboration to address the Common Core State Standards. (description from the site)
Edmodo Resources
Edmodo - Official home page for the Ft. Larned USD 495 Edmodo
Enhancing Communication with Edmodo - This article addresses why one would use Edmodo and potential problems you might encounter.
15 Things Teachers & Students Can Do with Edmodo - Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers presents a list of things you can do with Edmodo in the classroom. Number 11 has changed since this was originally written. You can give parents access, but they must get the code from their student.
20 Ways to Use Edmodo in the Classroom - This slideshare, by te@chthought, showcases 20 different activities you can do using Edmodo. Ideas include writing projects, language practice, book clubs or reading groups, co-teaching, project based learning and more.
Using Edmodo in Elementary Classrooms - This blog post showcases how one teacher got started using Edmodo with her elementary students.
Edmodo: Great for Exit Tickets and Other Formative Assessment! - This middle school teachers shares how they are using Edmodo in their English classroom.
Edmodo Teacher Resources - This is the official Edmodo Teacher Resource page covering information on new products and features, as well as the electronic teacher manual.
A Handy Guide to Everything Teachers Need to Know About Edmodo - A collection of how-to video resources compiled by the Educational Technology and Mobile Learning website.
Edmodo: A Guide to Explain it All - A pdf manual explaining everything you need to know about Edmodo
Enhancing Communication with Edmodo - This article addresses why one would use Edmodo and potential problems you might encounter.
15 Things Teachers & Students Can Do with Edmodo - Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers presents a list of things you can do with Edmodo in the classroom. Number 11 has changed since this was originally written. You can give parents access, but they must get the code from their student.
20 Ways to Use Edmodo in the Classroom - This slideshare, by te@chthought, showcases 20 different activities you can do using Edmodo. Ideas include writing projects, language practice, book clubs or reading groups, co-teaching, project based learning and more.
Using Edmodo in Elementary Classrooms - This blog post showcases how one teacher got started using Edmodo with her elementary students.
Edmodo: Great for Exit Tickets and Other Formative Assessment! - This middle school teachers shares how they are using Edmodo in their English classroom.
Edmodo Teacher Resources - This is the official Edmodo Teacher Resource page covering information on new products and features, as well as the electronic teacher manual.
A Handy Guide to Everything Teachers Need to Know About Edmodo - A collection of how-to video resources compiled by the Educational Technology and Mobile Learning website.
Edmodo: A Guide to Explain it All - A pdf manual explaining everything you need to know about Edmodo
edmodo_user_guide.pdf |
Connecting Edmodo with Other Tools
Syncing Your Subtext & Edmodo Accounts - This article from Subtext will walk you through syncing their app with Edmodo. Great step-by-step instructions with visuals.
Blendspace
Blendspace - Official home page of Blendspace
Drop Everything and go check out Blendspace - The author of this blog post discusses the ins and outs of Blendspace as well as ideas for using Blendspace in the classroom. Blendspace was formerly called Edcanvas, so don't get confused when you see references to Edcanvas.
Drop Everything and go check out Blendspace - The author of this blog post discusses the ins and outs of Blendspace as well as ideas for using Blendspace in the classroom. Blendspace was formerly called Edcanvas, so don't get confused when you see references to Edcanvas.
Other Resources to Try
eduCanon - Take a YouTube, School Tube or Teacher Tube video and turn it into an interactive video for your students by adding questions and thinking points throughout the video. Using Edmodo? Then sign-in with your Edmodo account.
eduCanon - FAQ (frequently asked questions) on general and technical questions
Evernote - This tool allows you to clip and store information from websites as well as generate new notes for your self. You can organize your information with notebooks and then share individual clips, notes or notebooks with other people. Great tool for curating content!
Screencast-o-matic - Create short videos with this tool that you can publish for student viewing.
Socrative - This student response system allows teachers to engage their students with generated quizzes, polls and more.
TodaysMeet - Creates a backchannel so the discussion can continue during a lecture or speaker. Students can comment or ask questions related to the content they are hearing, reading or viewing.
eduCanon - FAQ (frequently asked questions) on general and technical questions
Evernote - This tool allows you to clip and store information from websites as well as generate new notes for your self. You can organize your information with notebooks and then share individual clips, notes or notebooks with other people. Great tool for curating content!
Screencast-o-matic - Create short videos with this tool that you can publish for student viewing.
Socrative - This student response system allows teachers to engage their students with generated quizzes, polls and more.
TodaysMeet - Creates a backchannel so the discussion can continue during a lecture or speaker. Students can comment or ask questions related to the content they are hearing, reading or viewing.