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Jeff O’Hara and Nic Borg might just be onto something with edmodo. A microblogging service with specific learning applications for education. I signed up recently and like what I’m seeing. The ability to create private passcode protected groups for handouts/ins, assignments, events and calanders.

Open Education interviewed, Jeff and Nic, the brains behind edmodo.

This is not just a tool for the teachers, it’s a tool for students to ask questions either within the classroom timeline or pose to the teacher directly.  Teachers can use Edmodo to have their students submit their assignments.  There is also a calendar that teachers can use to post events and assignment due dates.  Edmodo is designed with privacy in mind but it also gives the teacher the ability to make anything public at his or her discretion.  Another thing, Edmodo is not a finished product, we still have ideas to bring additional classroom features to the platform in the future.

As “the 4 hour workweek man” Tim Ferris so correctly states, use microblogging sites however it suits your needs for there are ‘no rules’ and I erroneously thought my learners would subscribe to Tim’s mantra.

When school resumes, I’ll see what the students think of it. Most voted a comprehensive thumbs down for twitter, so I’ll see if edmodo floats their boat or to them is it just another learning Titantic, shaken not stirred, but heading for ice.

 What do you think, does edmodo have more learning potential than twitter?

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