Ms. Scott - Seiya Yamada & Duy Tran
Teacher: Ms. Scott (Music department)
Subject: Music, Wind Ensemble
Technology Used: Edmodo
Description: Ms. Scott asked us to find a useful tool to connect with her students for educational purposes. Ms.Scott has been using Google Docs as a way to share Music Practice Journals and monitor the students' daily practice. After loading the students onto Google Docs, we wanted to make the students and teacher experience a better way to communicate. Edmodo's functionality to connect with Google Drive also allows students to do work with ease. The students can upload their own Journals onto Edmodo. This will provide an immediate notification to Ms. Scott, letting her know of their completion.
Edmodo also allows both students and teacher to have group discussions or a one on one with the teacher. Every post or reply is moderated by Ms. Scott and allows her to remove any materials unrelated to the course. By using Edmodo, Ms. Scott has the ability to easily manage her different classes and clubs, providing a better way for her to communicate with them outside of school hours. By using Edmodo, she can also create assessments and provide her students an online grade.
Compared to other educational websites, Edmodo provides a more interactive learning experience. Alongside students having the ability to post comments, they also can answer polls created by the teacher. Ms. Scott can make polls asking her students who is their favourite composer or their preferred genre of music. This would allow her to connect better with her students and have a more developed student-teacher relationship. After all, Edmodo is the Facebook of online education!
Applications for other Subjects: Any student would find it interesting to see if their teacher has a functional website. Edmodo caters to any school subject. By creating an Edmodo account, the teacher can choose the subject(s) they're teaching and manage all their classes with different groups. There are communities on Edmodo devoted to different subjects, so teachers can voice their opinions and experiences to give or receive help. Edmodo also contains a database of materials relating to different subjects and can be found via search function. Teachers can type in what they would like to find and get materials such as worksheets, PowerPoints, and lesson plans. Edmodo has the functionality similar to Google Docs, Google Drive, Facebook, and the file sharing capabilities of forums. All those functions are valuable educational tools and can be used by any course or subject.
Teachers can find additional functions in Edmodo that would contribute to their classes regardless of their subject. These functions include the ability to create online assessments such as quizzes and assignments. Depending on the subject, teachers can create a variety of quizzes based on their preferences. Quizzes work well for any subject and can include pictures, short answers, and multiple choice. Teachers can upload class assignments online, create a due date and request their students to download and re-upload the assignment when finished. Allowing everything to be more organized since all the work is place into their respective groups.
As for the students, Edmodo provides everything educational that relates to their given subjects and contains functions allowing interaction with their teacher outside of school time. With the Facebook atmosphere, students will find Edmodo easy to use. Students can join any subject group as long as they have their teacher's group code. Meaning with one Edmodo account, students can join all their classes online and thanks to the Edmodo Planner students can view all group updates in a single calendar. Therefore, students can keep all their classes organized and be able to easily find resources in their different subject groups.
Subject: Music, Wind Ensemble
Technology Used: Edmodo
Description: Ms. Scott asked us to find a useful tool to connect with her students for educational purposes. Ms.Scott has been using Google Docs as a way to share Music Practice Journals and monitor the students' daily practice. After loading the students onto Google Docs, we wanted to make the students and teacher experience a better way to communicate. Edmodo's functionality to connect with Google Drive also allows students to do work with ease. The students can upload their own Journals onto Edmodo. This will provide an immediate notification to Ms. Scott, letting her know of their completion.
Edmodo also allows both students and teacher to have group discussions or a one on one with the teacher. Every post or reply is moderated by Ms. Scott and allows her to remove any materials unrelated to the course. By using Edmodo, Ms. Scott has the ability to easily manage her different classes and clubs, providing a better way for her to communicate with them outside of school hours. By using Edmodo, she can also create assessments and provide her students an online grade.
Compared to other educational websites, Edmodo provides a more interactive learning experience. Alongside students having the ability to post comments, they also can answer polls created by the teacher. Ms. Scott can make polls asking her students who is their favourite composer or their preferred genre of music. This would allow her to connect better with her students and have a more developed student-teacher relationship. After all, Edmodo is the Facebook of online education!
Applications for other Subjects: Any student would find it interesting to see if their teacher has a functional website. Edmodo caters to any school subject. By creating an Edmodo account, the teacher can choose the subject(s) they're teaching and manage all their classes with different groups. There are communities on Edmodo devoted to different subjects, so teachers can voice their opinions and experiences to give or receive help. Edmodo also contains a database of materials relating to different subjects and can be found via search function. Teachers can type in what they would like to find and get materials such as worksheets, PowerPoints, and lesson plans. Edmodo has the functionality similar to Google Docs, Google Drive, Facebook, and the file sharing capabilities of forums. All those functions are valuable educational tools and can be used by any course or subject.
Teachers can find additional functions in Edmodo that would contribute to their classes regardless of their subject. These functions include the ability to create online assessments such as quizzes and assignments. Depending on the subject, teachers can create a variety of quizzes based on their preferences. Quizzes work well for any subject and can include pictures, short answers, and multiple choice. Teachers can upload class assignments online, create a due date and request their students to download and re-upload the assignment when finished. Allowing everything to be more organized since all the work is place into their respective groups.
As for the students, Edmodo provides everything educational that relates to their given subjects and contains functions allowing interaction with their teacher outside of school time. With the Facebook atmosphere, students will find Edmodo easy to use. Students can join any subject group as long as they have their teacher's group code. Meaning with one Edmodo account, students can join all their classes online and thanks to the Edmodo Planner students can view all group updates in a single calendar. Therefore, students can keep all their classes organized and be able to easily find resources in their different subject groups.
ISP Portfolio Piece- Ms. Scott
This is an example of a tutorial that we created for Ms. Scott. It explains the process of making a quiz on Edmodo.
This is a Powerpoint that we created for Ms. Scott. It highlights the basic functions on Edmodo for her students.