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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

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Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. Those with data on Edmodo should remove it by the end of the day September 22nd if they don’t want to lose it, officials stated. Started in 2008, Edmodo boasted tens of millions of users. wrote one educator on Twitter. That’s just a few weeks away.

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Summer Learning Series-Collaborative Classroom With Edmodo

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This is the first in my Summer Learning Series. These are short, learning posts to give you a jump start on some simple tools and ideas you can use in your classroom next year. First up, Edmodo. So you might be asking yourself, what is Edmodo ? Edmodo is a social network designed for education.

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China’s NetDragon to Acquire Edmodo for $137.5 Million

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China’s NetDragon has gobbled up another education technology company. This time, it’s Edmodo , one the largest online social communities of teachers and students in the world. million for Edmodo. Also like Facebook, Edmodo grew rapidly. According to a financial statement published by NetDragon, Edmodo lost $19.5

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Drinking, Smoking and Sugar: How Unsavory Ads Wound Up on Edmodo

Edsurge

Beth Freeman logs in to her son’s Edmodo account from time to time to check on his homework assignments. edmodo so usually things don’t bother me but this is the ad that popped up in my 8th grade son’s social studies feed today. That the ad ever showed up on a student’s account was a mistake, Edmodo officials say. million.

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With a New CEO, Can Edmodo Regain Its Ed Mojo?

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But when she got a call a year ago about an education company with a vibrant community of teachers, she reconsidered. What really drew me to Edmodo was the opportunity to use technology to provide a much better learning experience for everyone,” says Kim in an interview with EdSurge. They do not use Edmodo at their school—yet.)

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Why You Should Give Edmodo A Try

The Web20Classroom

Recently I attended the North Carolina Technology In Education Society''s (NCTIES) Annual Conference. We partnered with Edmodo to create the NCTIES community. And these are groups that will stay open throughout the year so anyone can visit and have a taste of what the learning was like and, again, continue on those conversations.

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Practical Strategies for Flipping Our Classrooms this Fall

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Kate Baker with Vicki Davis From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Blended learning and distance learning will be different this fall. Blog: [link] Twitter: @KtBkr4 Edmodo: [link] Disclosure of Material Connection: This episode includes some affiliate links. author of Flipping 2.?0?:

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