Edmodo is a private micro-blogging platform built for use by teachers and students.Traditional web 2.0 tools in a k-12 classroom environment create concerns over privacy. Edmodo has been built with the privacy of students in mind.

Edmodo provides a way for teachers and students to share notes, links, and files. Teachers also have the ability to send alerts, events, and assignments to students. Edmodo also has a public component built by allowing teachers to post any privately shared item to a public timeline and RSS feed.

Edmodo: A Live Demonstration from Jeff O’Hara

We are very fortunate to have the co-creator and developer of Edmodo joining us live to demonstrate the features of the Edmodo micro-blogging platform and answer your questions.

This presentation created by Jennifer and Leanne, student teachers in the Secondary MAC Program at the University of Michigan School of Education, describes some of Edmodo’s features: