Edmodo - A Secure Social Learning Network

Last week, Scherrie Davis created a post on Edmodo from an experienced users point of view. Anyone interested in sharing experiences they have had with edmodo or any other social learning networks, please feel free to add your comments. The rest of Scherrie's post can be read from the link below. Thanks for sharing this, Scherrie!

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I can't lie to you all....I've had some experience with Web 2.0 tools before. However, to say that I know all of them out there and what they all do would be boldfaced lie! I have visited the website http://www.go2web20.net/ before and checked out some of the tools offered there. I will say that I never paid any attention to the tags along the right side, which categorizes the tools for you. So, once I saw that, I knew that I definitely wanted to see what was available for education, teachers specifically. I saw one of my favorite sites on there, one that I am currently using with my students and have used in the past, Edmodo. For the life of me, I cannot think of why I did not know that this is a Web 2.0 tool. I actually know why I feel that way and it deals with my understanding of the definition of a Web 2.0 tool. Throughout this course, I hope to come to a concrete understanding of Web 2.0 and be able to define in my own words so that I can understand what falls into the category of Web 2.0.

In any case, Edmodo is a social networking site specifically geared...Read more.