EDMODO

Online Social Media Applications for Language Teaching & Learning

There are many kinds of online social media applications for language teaching & learning that had been used in the teaching learning process through the world. In this site I would like to tell you about one of the online social media applications for language teaching & learning. It is called edmodo.

Why we should use the edmodo?

· Build an online learning conversation with your class about your subject.

· edmodo makes using the DER laptops easier by providing simple ways to share files and communicate online.

· Encourage a peer-learning and peer-support environment – both in the classroom and online.

· Students enjoy using edmodo.

Edmodo security

Edmodo explicitly deals with school and teacher concerns about social networking for students in the following ways:

· Each edmodo class group is managed and controlled by the teacher

· Students need an access code to join the class. If a student shares the code outside the class, the teacher can change it, without affecting students already joined in the group.

· Students can only communicate to the whole class or to the teacher – private messages between students are not possible.

· Anonymous posting is not possible.

· Teachers can delete posts.

· If schools upgrade (free) to the institutional features, the school can audit all teacher and student activity.

· Parental access to their children’s posts and to the teacher is an optional feature.

The most important idea to develop in your class is that the edmodo group is owned by and shared with the whole class, focused on learning. Start off small – there are many features and ways to use edmodo. Try it out with just one class. A few simple starters: first place digital resources on edmodo for students to access or download, second create polls for students to vote online. Third rite short summaries of lessons for students who were absent from class (better yet: get your students to write the summary). Fourth post homework information.

How starting the edmodo

· Visit edmodo.com – create a teacher account.

· Think about how you want to use edmodo in your class – discuss with teachers currently using edmodo.

· Create your class group – a group access code is generated – give this to your class.

· Immediately provide guidelines to the class about the purpose of the edmodo group (for learning) and expectations of how students will use edmodo. Remind students of school rules on using online resources and bullying.

Using this applications can help the teachers control their students. The other online applications that will help the teachers and students such as Edublogs (https://edublogs.org/), Moodle (https://moodle.org/), Google Forms (https://www.google.com/forms/about/), Animoto (https://animoto.com/), and so on.