Our group project is from Chapter 13 Microblogging. The group includes Diane, Diana and myself. It was a rough start, but they were very nice and worked with me. We worked through the Edmodo site, setting up two of us as teachers (although we didn't realize that at first) and the other as a student. One teacher invited us into the group and gave us an assignment. We then explored posting, answering and grading assignments along with adding comments. Both teachers were able to post, grade and comment on assignments. We were also able to post links and add comments related to the links.
I could see using this with the class in the computer lab. I would post a link to something specific I wanted them to explore or read and then assign them the task of writing a short response. I think they would enjoy the uniqueness of giving their answer on the computer over writing it up on paper. I like the idea of having them do some 'microblogging' for their answers. With as little as I know right now about how to use this site, I feel comfortable in trying to do this small assignment/experiment with my class.
Yay! And with younger students, sometimes even if it doesn't end up working exactly as you think it will/should, they'll still have fun experimenting with it!
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