B.+Take+the+tour!

====Click on the link below to visit Edmodo's login page. The //**tour**// will show you Edmodo's features. The //**guide**// takes you through the steps for setting groups and students up to get them started:====

=Edmodo=

====The nuts and bolts of Edmodo are so easy. Remember to inform your students' parents about your plans and to make sure they have appropriate web permissions (I conferenced with one of my parents who did not give web permission for her daughter, and when she understood the environment more clearly, she gave special permission for her child to use Edmodo). A student's first and last names ARE part of the account, but that information is not visible on the web page. There is no other information needed to create a student account, and you, as the teacher, have the ONLY access to it. Students may upload photos of themselves if appropriate, but that is not necessary. They can use the icons provided by Edmodo, or they could upload other photos.==== ====When you create your teacher account, you will then create your student accounts (I created a spreadsheet with their user names and passwords so that I would be able to refer back to them - you may also change their username or password if necessary).==== ====Next, you begin creating groups. Each group has a code that you send to your students (you can also change the code). Your students join the group from their page by clicking "join" up at the top of the groups column on the left (take a look at the screen shot below). Only teachers can create groups.====

What YOU might ultimately be asking, though, is WHY Edmodo? What makes it so special?
Here is a screen shot of what I have done with Edmodo in my class:



The dialogue that you see above was between a book character (Chet G.) and my students. You can read part of Jewell's response in the reply area beneath the note. The name of this group was, not surprisingly, "Mrs. Gillette's class". Notice the number of groups on the left hand side of the page. You can create different groups to meet your students' needs and interests.

On the next page, you will see just one example of how photos can be used. For more information go to the page, "Using Picture Files".