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Blogging is a place for people to inform and discuss topics. There is a blog out there for just about everything! Blogging is a good way for people to express themselves.

Blogs are a place to go where there is, typically, one author and people viewing the blog will leave comments.

Blogs typically happen in small groups but are capable of working with a large group of people.

There are many many sites for blogging. Some of those sites cost money to be a member or use that site and then there are many blog websites that are free.

I think a secure blog could be a great tool to get the parents involved as well as keep the informed. It would have to be a tightly monitored blog, but could be a great asset when communicating with parents as well as other teachers.

I would use this tool as a communication tool in the classroom.

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This as well as the other tools, don’t have a specific standard but can be used to teach any standard.

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Assessing the awesomeness of this tool really just depends on how well it works with your classroom. You may find that one year it works great and the next it doesn’t. It all depends on the people using it 🙂

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Wiki is a place for people to come together and add their contribution. On a wiki site you can add, delete, and
modify information.

A good way to describe a wiki is a content management system.

In a wiki there usually isn’t a designated owner or author because more than one person can have access to it.

I feel that a wiki is a great place for a classroom use because more than one student could access the information. Students could also use this in a group setting for a project. Its a central place where all the information can go to create the project.

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I dont feel that there is a specifi standrad for this tool. I think that when using this tool you can cover any
standards.

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This site could be used as an assessment on a topic for the students.  Depending on the age it would be important that the teachers are monitoring the information that the students are posting on the tool.  I would assess the tool based on how well the students use the tool and whether or not the students like the and would use the tool.

• Information retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki on February 24, 2014

Edmodo is a fantastic resource to engage students as well as being in constant contact with students and parents!  

When talking with fellow classmates I can compare Edmodo to Carmen. These site aren’t exactly the same but the principles for both sites are very similar. Edmodo provide teachers with a place to post assignments, quizzes, alerts, notes, as well as sharing readings. This site provides archives for teachers to either post readings or share links for the students and/or parents to look at. This site also allows teachers to measure students progress and award badges based on progression ans behavior.

Edmodo helps students get involved in an excited and engaged way. It also aids in student learning in a way that most students are accustomed to. Teachers can use this digital tool to engage students in learning by posting notes, assignments, readings and even polls and quizzes.

Edmodo allows teachers to be connected to everything around them. This tool can also provide students with a high quality education by readily making resources available for students and parents.

Edmodo is a very simplistic way to track students and their progression. The badges awarded to tudents are stored within the site itsself and is available for parents,teachers, and students to view. This is a good way to assess student learning as well as having those assessments recorded.

Edmodo allows students to personalize their learning using a selection of apps that the site provides. Theses apps are also really useful for the teachers. They can help amp their lessons using digital content and technology.

Content Standard

I don’t think that the website its self has a connecting standard but this site can help teachers teacher any of the standards by incorporating technology. Assignments can be posted and done through this website for any subject or topic.

Assess Students’ Learning

Teachers can view student posts, assignments quizzes, and polls through this website which allows teachers to assess the students’ learning through this site. Everything is store internally through the site and so teachers have all of those things accessible at any time.

References

• All pictures and information was retrieved from https://www.edmodo.com/about?language=en on February 15, 2014.
• Keep calm photo was retrieved from www.keepcalm-0-matic.co.uk on February 15, 2014.

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