Edmodo: The Start to the Change in Education and Technology

Kaila Tuccio

iPad Apps for Education

 

            Throughout my experiences with technology, I have used a lot of different technology to help me to learn and better my education. This year, I received an iPad and have been able to use that in the classroom to help me. Something great about an iPad is that it is like a computer, but just smaller and more convenient. It has been so useful because I am able to bring it to class and take notes with it without having to carry my laptop around with me. The iPad has also been helpful through the apps that it offers for me to enhance my learning. An app that I have used that has been not only helpful but it also a great resource when I am a teacher is Edmodo. Edmodo is an app where you can check assignments, grades, notes from teachers, a calendar, and your own ‘backpack’.
            As a teacher, this app would be great to use because it has very similar features to social media websites, like Facebook. There is a main newsfeed where you can see posts from the teacher and other students in the class. This will keep the students up to date as to what and when things are due.

 

Teachers and students can post on the newsfeed so if they have questions they can be answered

quickly due to the fact that the app sends notifications to your iPad or iPhone.

 

This has been very helpful for me because I will receive a little note that I have a notification of

either someone posting on the newsfeed, whether I received a grade back, or if an assignment is

coming up to be turned in.

            The Edmodo app also allows the teacher a place where the students can turn in assignments as well. Allowing for the computer to collect the assignments is a huge advantage. The biggest advantage is that a teacher can just look onto to Edmodo and go to that specific assignment, collecting and grading all of the papers. Teachers can never lose assignments and it also allows for them to grade them more quickly. This app also provides students with their grades faster than if the teacher grades them by hand one by one. Once you are done grading a project, paper, or blog the teacher can grade it and return the grade back immediately. The app also notifies you when you have a new grade, allowing for the student to view the grade even quicker. The calendar has the dates of when everything is due and it keeps the student updated and notified when due dates are getting close. This keeps both teachers and students organized and it allows for students who do want to get ahead to be able to do so.

            The last part of this app that is a huge advantage to the teacher and the students is the section called “My Backpack.” This is where you can add things like websites, word documents, PowerPoint, pictures, and videos to use during a class or to go back and look at later. In the app, there is a section where you can divide everything into different folders to make it easier to find things you put in the backpack. Something great about this part of the app is that teachers and students can use this as well. It holds all types of information and it does not have a limit either.

            Throughout this semester I have been able to use this app to help me better enhance my experience in my technology class. This has helped me to keep organize and informed along with allowing me to contact my teacher with ease. I have been able to turn my homework and projects in and get my grades as soon as my professor finishes grading them. My backpack is filled with websites and documents that help me complete my projects to the best of my ability. This app is great for teachers because it is easy for students to use this program. It helps to keep both the teachers and students organized as well. Edmodo has been very resourceful to me this year and is a perfect app that would assist with teacher productivity.