a

New Technology
to Enhance
Teaching and Learning
Tamara JG Barbosa,
PhD
Dr. Tamara JG Barbosa PRTESOL 2015

Meet Dr.B Tamara J Garca-Barbosa,PhD

Educational TechnologistSTEM Teacher Educator.Leadership Facilitator

GLASS Explorer too

Tamara.Barbosa@upr.edu
Assistant Professor
English Department
College of General Studies
University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras Campus
DMN 450
764-0000 x88680

Dr. Tamara JG Barbosa PRTESOL 2015

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BA English Literature & Linguistics,1989
MA TESOL in College, 1992
MA Instructional Design & Technology, 1998
PhD Educational Policy & Leadership, 2000

Dr. Tamara JG Barbosa PRTESOL 2015

Edmodos mission is to connect all

learners with the people and resources
they need to reach their full potential

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Edmodo is the largest social learning

network
in the world

44,000,000+
TOTAL USERS AROUND THE WORLD

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What is Edmodo?
Classroom Instruction

Digital Citizenship
Blended and
Personalized Learning
Professional Learning
Network

Global, School, and

District Communities
Private PLC groups
Professional Development

Face-to-face PD
Backchannel
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Online7 courses

Why Edmodo?
Engage

Connect

Edmodo is designed to get

students excited about
learning as teachers easily
create a blended learning
experience.

Teachers are at the center

of a powerful network that
connects them to students,
parents, administrators
and publishers.

Personalize

Measure

Edmodo offers engaging,

easy-to-use apps that
integrate seamlessly and
personalize learning for
every student.

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Edmodo makes it simple to

track student progress.
Teachers can get the pulse
of the class through
quizzes, discussion and
more.

Anytime, Anywhere Learning

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Secure Platform Ensures Safety and Privacy

Closed environment
No private information
required from students
Students can ONLY join
classes by the invitation of
their teacher
No private chat between
students
All communication is archived
Teacher has full management
control
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Students
Students
use
use this
this
code
code to
to
sign
sign up
up

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Create Your Teacher Account

Create
Create aa teacher
teacher
account
account ifif you
you are
are aa
teacher,
teacher, administrator,
administrator,
or
or have
have another
another role
role in
in
education
education

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Get Verified
Verification Process
To be able to create student
groups (K-8th grade), you must be
verified.

Create Groups Today

If you are not verified
immediately, you can still create
groups that are 9th grade - higher
education.

If you are K-8 teacher, please

create a higher education
group today and change the
information in settings after
you are verified.
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Update Your Account Settings

Customiz
Customiz
ee email
email or
or
text
text
notificatio
notificatio
ns
ns

Click
Click the
the Me
Me
drop-down
drop-down to
to
access
access settings
settings
Upload
Upload aa
photo
photo or
or an
an
avatar
avatar

Choose
Choose
your
your
privacy
privacy
settings
settings
Select
Select
your
your
School
School

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Teacher Homepage

Create groups
for classes,
clubs, PLCs,
online courses,
etc.

Post
Post
assignments,
assignments,
reminders,
reminders,
polls,
polls, or
or
discussion
discussion
questions
questions

Store
Store unlimited
unlimited
content
content for
for
easy
easy sharing
sharing
and
and re-use
re-use

Access global
communities of peers
and publisher
partners
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Encourage
Encourage
collaboration
collaboration
and
and
participation
participation
in
in discussions
discussions

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Groups within Edmodo

Create or Join
Groups

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Create Groups
1.
1. Select
Select the
the +
+ in
in
Groups
Groups section
section

2.
2. Complete
Complete
group
group
information
information

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3.
3. Distribute
Distribute Group
Group
Code
Code or
or Join
Join Group
Group
URL
URL to
to members
members

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Student Sign-Up
Students
Students who
who
ALREADY
ALREADY HAVE
HAVE
AND
AND ACCOUNT
ACCOUNT can
can
log
log in
in and
and click
click the
the
+
+

Students
Students use
use your
your
group
group code
code to
to register
register
for
for aa new
new account
account

Students
Students are
are
NOT
NOT required
required to
to
give
give email
email
address
address

And
And then
then enter
enter
the
the group
group code
code to
to
join
join group
group
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Student Profile

Badges
Badges
awarded
awarded by
by
teachers
teachers

Students
Students share
share
their
their learning
learning
style
style and
and goals
goals

Link
Link to
to
grade
grade book
book
for
for each
each
group
group
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Student Homepage
The
The backpack:
backpack:
Unlimited
Unlimited
storage
storage for
for
documents,
documents,
videos
videos and
and
other
other
resources
resources

Students
Students receive
receive
notifications
notifications for
for
grades,
grades,
assignments,
assignments,
alerts
alerts or
or replies
replies
Students
Students can
can only
only
send
send messages
messages to
to
the
the entire
entire group
group
or
or directly
directly to
to the
the
teacher
teacher

Students
Students
can
can only
only
join
join groups.
groups.
They
They cannot
cannot
create
create
groups
groups

Parents
Parents use
use this
this code
code to
to
create
create their
their account
account or
or
add
add student
student to
to their
their
existing
existing account
account
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Parent Accounts
NEW Parent use the
Parent Code from your
Childs Student Account

Students are NOT

required to give
email address

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Parent Homepage
Parents
Parents can
can add
add multiple
multiple
students
students with
with their
their unique
unique
parent
parent codes
codes

Parents
Parents have
have aa dashboard
dashboard
view
view of
of students
students
assignments,
assignments, grades
grades and
and
calendar
calendar events
events
Teachers
Teachers can
can send
send
messages
messages to
to
parents
parents

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Notes and Polls

Creating Notes
Main communication in your
group
Immediate feedback, actionable
data

Creating Polls
All polls are anonymous = lower
stress and apprehension for
students
Choose Groups,
schedule, add
Quickquestions
check for

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understanding

Post a Note (Message)

Post
Post aa Note,
Note,
Alert,
Alert,
Assignment,
Assignment,
Quiz
Quiz or
or Poll.
Poll.
Attach
Attach any
any type
type
of
of file
file or
or link
link

Send
Send to
to individual
individual
group,
group, multiple
multiple groups,
groups,
small
small groups,
groups,
parents,
parents, individual
individual
students
students and/or
and/or
teacher
teacher connections
connections Dr. Tamara JG Barbosa

Send
Send immediately
immediately
or
or schedule
schedule posts
posts
for
for the
the future
future
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Polls
Create
Create aa poll
poll
and
and add
add
multiple
multiple
answer
answer
choices.
choices. Votes
Votes
are
are
anonymous
anonymous

Check
Check for
for
understanding
understanding
or
or survey
survey
opinions
opinions
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How do we measure student progress?

Snapshot
Already Created Questions
Immediate Feedback
Accessible on All Devices
Quiz
See Immediate Actionable Data
See Who is Behind, Borderline, and On Track
Create your own questions
Assignments
Accessible on All Devices
Students turn in any file type directly in platform

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Quizzes and Assignments in Edmodo

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Assignments
Create Your Own Assignments
Allow for more creative projects
Add attachments, links, or from library
Stay Organized
Automatically Added to Calendar
Communicates to Student and Parent
Accounts
Progress
Column Automatically Added to
Planner
Sort by Student and Assign Comments

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Assignments
Each
Each assignment
assignment
you
you create
create is
is saved
saved
to
to bank
bank for
for future
future
access
access
Choose
Choose aa
due
due date
date

View
View and
and grade
grade
assignments
assignments as
as
they
they are
are turned
turned in
in

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Grading Assignments

Teachers
Teachers and
and cocoteachers
teachers can
can provide
provide
feedback
feedback -Students
-Students
can
can respond
respond and
and aa
permanent
permanent record
record is
is
kept
kept for
for reference
reference

Grades are automatically

added to the gradebook. (TIP:
Input LATE to keep students
from handing in late work)
Teachers can
annotate submitted
assignments with
comments and
detailed feedback

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Student Progress - Quizzes

Create Your Own Questions

See Immediate Actionable Results

Guide Your Instruction - Differentiate

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Creating Quizzes
Create New Quiz
Title and Time Limit
Add Questions
Question Types
Graded By Edmodo: True/False,
Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank,
Matching
Graded By Teacher: Short Answer
Assign Quiz
To Individuals
To Groups

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* Best Practice: create your own Test Student

Taking Quizzes Student View

Quiz in Main Post Stream
Take Quiz Button
See Direction to Start Quiz
Taking the Quiz

Blue Check Mark

Completed Answer
No Check Mark or Red
Box
Incomplete
Results
Students can view immediate
results
Students can view answers
Teachers Discretion

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Grading Quizzes
Access Grades
Main Post Stream
From Progress Tab (by Group)
Overview

Green Correct; Red Incorrect

Sort by Question
Results
Sort by Student
Leave Comments for
Improvements

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Quizzes
Create a new quiz or
load a previously
created one

Create new questions

(Multiple
Choice, True/False, Fill
in the Blank,
Short Answer,
Matching)
or load from your own
question bank

Choose whether youd

like to randomize
questions and/or allow
students to view results
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immediately

Grading Quizzes
Edmodo autogrades questions
(except
short answer)

Select individual
students to view
their responses
and grade short
answer questions

View a
breakdown
of class results
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Create Snapshot
Create Snapshot
From Apps Launcher
From Note Stream
Select Group, Content and Standard
Delete Standards you dont want
Add Standards you are teaching
Add Name, Due Date, Note, Time
Preview Assignment
Assign and/or Plan for Later

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Taking a Snapshot Student View

Full Web Version,

iPad and Android
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Review and Analyze Data

Teacher View
Sort by Grade and Subject
3rd 12th Grade
ELA and MATH only (more on the way)
Overview

Green Met (3 or 4 out of 4

questions correct)
Yellow Borderline (2 out of 4
correct)
Red Behind ( 1 or 0 out of 4
correct)
Opportunities
Hover over section
to see Names and
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Progress (Gradebook)

Access
grades and
badges

Export grades into

CSV file so you can
input into another
system

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Scores
Scores are
are
updated
updated
automatically
automatically
after
after each
each
assignment
assignment or
or
quiz
quiz is
is graded
graded
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and
and recorded
recorded

Badges

Award
Award badges
badges to
to motivate
motivate
and
and recognize
recognize
achievement.
achievement. Create
Create
badges
badges aligned
aligned to
to
standards,
standards, positive
positive
Use
Use
pre-loaded
pre-loaded
behaviors,
behaviors, and
and
more
more
badges
badges or
or create
create
your
your own
own
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Library

Add
Add unlimited
unlimited files,
files, links,
links,
and
and embed
embed codes
codes and
and
post
post groups
groups from
from the
the
stream
stream
Teachers
Teachers and
and students
students
can
can connect
connect Google
Google
Drive
Drive accounts
accounts

Organize
Organize library
library into
into
folders
folders and
and share
share folders
folders
with
with your
your groups
groups

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Share Folders from Library

Place
Place aa check
check in
in the
the
box
box to
to share
share the
the
folder
folder with
with that
that
group
group

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Staying Organized
Planner
Access from Home Page
Post Assignments and
Quizzes
Progress
Find Student Groups
Find Grades by
Assignment/Quiz or by
Student

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Personalize
Edmodo Apps

Popular Apps
Apps Playground

Differentiate

Small Groups
Popular Content
Recommendations

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Edmodo Apps
Why Use Apps?

Directly in Platform
Enrich Educational
Experiences
Edmodo Store

Assign to Groups
Popular Apps
recommended by
Teachers

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Searching, Installing, and Using

Apps

How To Search

From Home Page, Apps

Store
Search for Criteria,
Free/Paid or Popular
How To Install

To Whole Class Groups

How Students Use Apps

What Students See

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Customize Groups Side Panel

Customize
Customize which
which
groups
groups appear
appear in
in the
the
side-panel
side-panel by
by selecting
selecting
the
the star
star next
next to
to the
the
group
group name
name

Click
Click Show
Show All
All to
to
see
see aa list
list of
of all
all
groups
groups

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Creating Small Groups

To
To add
add students,
students, click
click
Members
Members on
on the
the small
small
group
group page
page and
and Add
Add
Members
Members in
in the
the new
new
window
window

Teachers
Teachers can
can
create
create small
small
groups
groups by
by
clicking
clicking the
the
+
+ on
on the
the
group
group
homepage
homepage

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Using Small Groups

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Only
Only the
the
members
members you
you
put
put into
into
small
small groups
groups
can
can access
access
the
the
communication
communication
stream
stream
Utilize
Utilize small
small
groups
groups for
for group
group
projects,
projects,
differentiation,
differentiation,
and
and to
to organize
organize
units
units or
or discussion
discussion
separate
separate from
from the
the
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main
main group.
group.

Manage Group Members

Set
Set all
all
members
members to
to
read
read only
only or
or
print
print out
out list
list of
of
members
members

View
View
username,
username,
profile,
profile, and
and
grades
grades

Give
Give co-teacher
co-teacher
status
status to
to
colleagues
colleagues

Click
Click
Members
Members
on
on the
the group
group
homepage
homepage to
to
see
see aa list
list of
of
your
your students
students
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Reset
Reset password,
password,
access
access parent
parent
code,
code, remove
remove from
from
group
group
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Support
Quick Response

Support Staff - team of

former educators
Edmodo Ambassadors

Help Center

Tutorial Videos
Step-by-Step Directions
Getting Started Resources
Recorded Webinars

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Communities

Follow
Follow subject
subject and
and
content
content communities
communities to
to
connect
connect and
and share
share best
best
practices
practices and
and resources
resources
with
with other
other educators
educators

Follow
Follow publisher
publisher and
and
partner
partner communities
communities

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Discover
Browse
Browse content
content
in
in the
the Discover
Discover
area
area

Browse
Browse for
for
content
content by
by topic
topic

Browse
Browse for
for
content
content by
by topic
topic

Add
Add to
to your
your library
library
or
or share
share with
with groups
groups
or
or individuals
individuals
directly
directly
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Need Help?

Access
Access the
the
Support
Support
Community
Community from
from
your
your homepage
homepage

Access
Access help
help and
and
links
links and
and attend
attend or
or
watch
watch webinars
webinars in
in
the
theDr.help
help
center
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Barbosa PRTESOL 2015

Ask
Ask us
us aa
question
question

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Contact me
Tamara J Barbosa
DrTJ Barbosa

Tamara.Barbosa@upr.edu
Assistant Professor
English Department
College of General Studies, UPR RP
DMN 450/787.764.0000 x88680

Business Communication Department

College of Business Administration, UPR R
AMO 210

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