Learning+Management+Systems

=  Learning Management Systems   = These provide an opportunity to extend your class room beyond the walls of the classroom. It allows you to develop content, manage student work, and communicate with students and parents. A free option is Edmodo.

HOUSEKEEPING: [|www.Edmodo.com]

With all that is available to us, why Edmodo? Erica Roberts, a technology teacher in Illinois, has used Edmodo in the secondary classroom and came up with 3 great reasons we can all agree with...

Edmodo provides 3 benefits

 * Engages students
 * Improves communication with your students/parents
 * Reduces the amount of paper used in your classroom - My students really like the “greeness” of this!

Let's break it down. What are the features of Edmodo?

 * Student backpack (library) where they can store resources, projects, activities
 * Quizzes
 * Polls
 * Project upload
 * Embeddable options for items such as Quizlet Flashcards or a Wallwisher cloud conversation.
 * Provides an environment to create "paperless' activities.
 * Great portal for connecting with other teachers/professionals for a PLN.

You can have your Edmodo page go public. [|Click Here]