Edmodo

Edmodo is a very useful classroom communication and management tools. It is a private mini blogging tool for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments. You can also send out reminds to student, which you can send to their favourite social networking page or as a email to home; poll student about any manner of thing. All of which I think is really useful.

I would use this tool for all grades,even the junior grades, as a way to communicate with their parents. Parent could send through and receive a variety of information including: absentee note, any concerns (this would be good for working parents), ask or answer questions about homework, a teacher could also give feed back or praise or otherwise, and final generally let parent know way is happening. And this is on the few I can think of now.

With older student think this is a good way to make student more responsible for their school life and learning;but also assisting and supports them, to do so. They would have fewer excuses for not know or not doing what is required.

I also like the was you can break student and learning area into different folder for better organisation. the grade facility is good too.

On the down side ,as the presenting group indicated one of the area the Edmodo could use a little work is the less than personal interface and the fact that student can't make entries on the calendar is not great either. But Edmodo look like a website that is open to suggestion, so an email might be worth sending.

So will I be using this tool.... yep and I give this is a 81/2 out of 10. And into the tool box it goes.