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China’s NetDragon to Acquire Edmodo for $137.5 Million

Edsurge

This time, it’s Edmodo , one the largest online social communities of teachers and students in the world. million for Edmodo. Edmodo was started in 2008 by a teacher and IT support person as a “Facebook-like” community aimed at connecting educators with students and with one another. Also like Facebook, Edmodo grew rapidly.

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

Edsurge

“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. In September, Kim took over as CEO of Edmodo , the San Mateo, Calif. They do not use Edmodo at their school—yet.) million and revenue of $1 million in 2017.

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SEL and Classroom Culture In an Age of Distance Learning

Edsurge

When Ray was my student, I decided to test out gamifying my Greek Mythology Unit by creating a new Edmodo class, chunking the content into small groups, and providing my students with a paper game board to support the blended learning within the unit. The video can be delivered to students via a Post to your Edmodo class or as an assignment.

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9 EdTech Ideas to Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

This powerful tool links with standards — and gives us the ability to do some timesaving, efficient reporting and tracking. My school uses Planboard with Chalk.com ’s curriculum planning tool. The best thing about Planboard is I can plan my lessons anywhere – on my Mac, PC or iPad. Wherever I work, my lesson plans are with me.

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Sony, Edmodo, partner on math challenge

eSchool News

will partner with Edmodo, Inc., By working with Edmodo, Sony Global Education will make its Global Math Challenge, a worldwide online math competition, accessible to teachers and students in over 190 countries. Material from a press release was used in this report. Sony Global Education, Inc.

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10 Edtech Tools to Try in 2018

EdTech4Beginners

Students can combine text, images, audio, and video to create: Interactive stories. Digital portfolios. Research journals. Poetry books. Science reports. Instruction manuals. ‘About me’ books. Comic adventures. Insert video: [link]. Illumination. Insert video: [link].

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FBI Warns Educators and Parents About Edtech’s Cybersecurity Risks

Edsurge

However, the companies are likely Schoolzilla and Edmodo, respectively. And in May 2017, a hacker reportedly stole 77 million user accounts from Edmodo. When asked to comment, the FBI declined to tell EdSurge the names of the two companies it was referring to.

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