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rmorrill |
New microblogging software for education
Sep 3 2008, 8:24 AM EDT
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=403 Edmodo is a microblogging platform, like Twitter, Plurk or Jaiku, that is specifically designed for use in the classroom. What on Earth is microblogging? Microblogging is a very effective way to keep a closed group of people in touch with each other and informed via the instant delivery of short text messages, just like the status update in your facebook account. How can microblogging help me as a teacher/educator? Microblogging enables teachers and students to share resources, send notices to each other and generally keep in touch regarding school matters. Teachers could use it to set assignments, inform students of their deadlines or of school or college events, among other things. Students could use to send queries to the teachers or even to send links to their work, if it can be found online, like in a blog or personal web page. The key is that one single message gets delivered to everyone in the group instantly Do you find this valuable? |
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rggary |
1. RE: New microblogging software for education
Sep 9 2008, 11:55 PM EDT
Interesting post. These tools are very valuable for instructors, but they can also be very effective for groups of students to communicate as a sub-team.
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