Workshop Participants on Mobile Phones
These days I find many participants in my workshops bring their phones or iPads to the class. Here is an idea on how to use edmodo ( http://edmodo.com ) for class engagement.
Edmodo
Edmodo is a free online service that allows an educator to set up a class group. The educator can then invite students to join this group and run discussions, quiz and polls. The students can also submit their assignments via edmodo’s web or the mobile app.
Signing up to edmodo
As an educator, you first sign up at edmodo.com. Click on the i’m a Teacher tab.
Creating a group for your students
The first thing you do is create a group.
Filling in the Group Details
Just fill in the group details
Getting your Group Code
Edmodo will give you the group code. Note this down. Your students will need this code to join in the group.
Posting discussions for your group
Click on the Note (1 in the image below) to create a note. This note can be a question, a discussion point or a remark. Next select the group you want to send this question to (2). Later on when the students join in, they will use the Reply button (3) to reply to the post.
Getting students to sign up
Now get your students to sign up. Send them to edmodo.com. Also give them the Group Code that we saw earler.
Student signing up to edmodo
Here a student is typing her details. She types the group code. She picks a user name, a password. The email field is optional.
Student view
Here the student is signed in. She can see the question you posted and she can participate in the activities.
Edmodo Mobile App
She can also go to the iPhone App Store or Android market and download the free Edmodo app.
Signing in via the App
Once the app is installed, she can log in.
Browsing the activities
She can then take view the posts
Participating in the activities
And she can type in her replies.
The lightweight learning management system
The mobile app works for the educator too. Head outside the school to fun place – like this lovely lake in Dalat city (Why this lake? half the lake has wi-fi), and you can monitor what your students are posting.
