Edmodowww.edmodo.com Edmodo is an "alert/discussion-board" style service designed especially for educators to use with students. It has a Twitter-style feed, without the limited characters and many extra features. Pros: -can set up multiple "groups" (classes) for students to sign up to
-can post "notes" (basic text, like "Test tomorrow" or "What did you think of the reading assignment?')
-can post "assignments" (due date appears on student's calendar, you can upload files)
-can post/talk to individual students, only certain groups, or to "everyone" in your "network"
-Students chose to be notified of new Edmodo posts without having to sign in to Edmodo each day (they chose email, mobil text alerts, or Twitter, all optional)
-has a mobile version at http://www.edmodo.com/m/
-you can reset student passwords and look up their username if they forget Cons: -"easy sign up" system makes students create their own account and enter a code to sign up to your group/class. However, this means while your class code is active, a student could create a fake account and anonymously post nasty comments. (You can delete them and their comments, but that's after it happens.) To avoid this, you'd have to create the student accounts yourself and individually give them their username and password.
Edmodo www.edmodo.com
Edmodo is an "alert/discussion-board" style service designed especially for educators to use with students. It has a Twitter-style feed, without the limited characters and many extra features.
Pros:
-can set up multiple "groups" (classes) for students to sign up to
-can post "notes" (basic text, like "Test tomorrow" or "What did you think of the reading assignment?')
-can post "assignments" (due date appears on student's calendar, you can upload files)
-can post/talk to individual students, only certain groups, or to "everyone" in your "network"
-Students chose to be notified of new Edmodo posts without having to sign in to Edmodo each day (they chose email, mobil text alerts, or Twitter, all optional)
-has a mobile version at http://www.edmodo.com/m/
-you can reset student passwords and look up their username if they forget
Cons:
-"easy sign up" system makes students create their own account and enter a code to sign up to your group/class. However, this means while your class code is active, a student could create a fake account and anonymously post nasty comments. (You can delete them and their comments, but that's after it happens.) To avoid this, you'd have to create the student accounts yourself and individually give them their username and password.