Web 2.0

          Edmodo is a digital classroom, with intuitive features and unlimited storage. You can quickly create groups, assign homework, schedule quizzes, manage progress, and more. Everything is one platform to create a website for students, parents, and teachers. Because Edmodo works with Google

Apps for Education and Microsoft OneNote & Office, students do not need to remember many passwords.

            One of the affordances of this website is the extended lesson/learning that involves parents. The Edmodo parent mobile app make sure the lessons we teach during the day can be reinforced at night by getting families involved. Just like a weekly memo, Edmodo can share classroom assignments, events, set reminders and assignments with parents. If a student is absent due to hospital stays, vacations, or other personal reasons, their classwork and homework can go wherever they go. This is so important, because most people do not realize how much school a student who is ill can miss. My sister had severe asthma growing up, which caused her to stay in the hospital many times. Usually one of us, siblings, would stop into her classroom to get her homework. I think if her teachers participated in something like Edmodo my sister would have received the classroom experience in the hospital. As an affordance for teachers, it is an open education resource site. Using Edmodo spotlight to search and discover free and premium tools, apps, games, and create collection of your favorite resources. Also, teachers can share or sell their educational content or lesson plans.

            There is one major constraint; Students cannot use this website if their teachers are not using it. Teachers must place their lessons and curriculum on the site for a student to work from home. Websites like Edmodo are valuable for the positive educational growth and development of young students. The most important value to this website is the access students have to their teacher’s lessons, parent involvement, and safe way for educators to collaborate with students and their parents.