• Teacher: Free Account
• Student: Requires teacher code
• Parent: Requires teacher code

1) Go to: http://www.edmodo.com/

2) Sign up for a classroom account

Post a question about a primary source and ask for student input

• It breaks down the walls of learning. 
• You can bring in outside resources to participate in discussions with the students
• Students are more comfortable talking online in many contexts. It is what they are used to. In this context many times the quiet ones will come alive online.
• You can control what the kids are getting though the resources you provide (and students bring to) edmodo
• All students have to have an opinion
• It is very evident how people are participating in class -- kiddos cannot sit in the background. It tracks who has been in or not.

• Make sure to classify classes carefully
• Make sure that you are in the classroom version of edmodo not the application version for mobile devices
• Decide whether you want an assignment turned in or replied to when setting it up in the message area -- you may want to do both.
• Set up class norms (Spelling, in-class discussions, what is appropriate/not appropriate)
• Check in regularly-- just because you do not have assignment going on does not mean that kids aren't in the site
• Use the settings to get alerts for direct posts and student questions which can be sent to your email

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