After becoming familiar with the function and purpose of microblogging, I was curious as to how this could be utilized in the classroom. I came across a microblogging site called Edmodo, which is a program (similar to Twitter, Plunk, etc.) designed for teachers and students. One of the pros of Edmodo is that you can send a message to an entire group at the same time. This would be very convenient for reminding students of deadlines, upcoming tests, projects, etc. On the other hand, I can predict some possible cons. It would be difficult to change the due date of a project or such (as this article states), and then assume that every student would check their accounts. Also, while many students do have computer and internet access, it is not a guarantee. So, in order to come to a happy medium, I would certainly be interested in reminding students of important information and dates, but I would never present new information, hoping/assuming that they will see it.
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Nicole,
Thanks for sharing the information on Edmodo, but you didn't tell us what article you found that told about this site. The requirement for this mod is to comment on an article you have read.
Please provide a link to the article or find another one to comment on.
Dr. Burgos
Dr. Burgos,
The link to the article is in the word Edmondo. It was an article explaining the concept of it and what it has to offer.
Nicole,
Got it. What threw me off was that usually when someone uses the name of a tool like twitter, plurk, etc. any link with that name links to the site for the tool, not to an article about that tool. If you had put the link on a word link "article", "post" or the name of the blog post, I wouldn't have been thrown off.
Now that you have cleared up where the specific post is, you will receive credit for that part of this mod.
Dr. Burgos
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