Edmodo Quiz and Presentation Idea

I am learning more about edmodo now that I am back on my computer.  The videos require flash which of course I can't view on the iPad 2.  So here I am learning on my desktop.

Have you all seen that you can do quizzes now in edmodo?!?!  You can do multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer, and T/F.  They can be graded, given to students multiple times (like for a pre-assessment and post-assess), you can preview your quiz before sending to students (you see it as they would see it), you can even give students feedback in the form of comments when grading them that students can see later for review.  Here is a link with some how to videos and such.  http://blog.edmodo.com/2011/10/14/enhancements-quiz-updates-and-resources-printable-rosters-german-language/

I wanted to add that you can add a time limit to test or even add a link or file to a question--what a fantastic way to engage students by asking them to respond to an article, video, or image!  II can see having student watch a short video and then ask comprehension questions in order to see what they learned.  You could ask a question and have pictures as answers to choose from.  I think there is a lot of potential here for assessments as well as meeting different learning styles.  Students can also receive scores immediately after taking them if you so choose!  One down fall...looks like each question is only worth one point.  Not sure you can change that.

Ideas:

1.  I love the idea of students uploading their presentations to edmodo (as a backup) because it provides the class a spot to post comments.  Perhaps advice on how to make it better in the future and some positives would be good.  How many of you do speeches?  Powerpoint presentations, etc...?  Student feedback for each other is a great option.  Why couldn't we do this with papers as well?  Peer editing?  Food for thought.

2.  http://blog.edmodo.com/2011/10/09/student-2-0-positive-digital-footprints-and-college-planning/  Here an 8th grade student is not only accessing facebook in order to make it more presentable to colleges looking for additional information, but also researching questions that might be asked for college interview along with possible answers.  The student then shares these with classmates looking for feedback...what a great collaborative approach to edmodo!  I am loving all these ideas.

3. Here is some great advice from a student:  "Today, we had to work on programming our scripts so that the video game would work. Our goal was to make our characters talk to each other. However, Ms. Sigler, wouldn’t tell us how to do it. We had to figure it out on our own using the tools that we have (youtube, scratch website, and good old Google!) Once students were able to figure out how to make the characters talk to each other, they shared advice on Edmodo how to do it. Edmodo is a great tool for our computer programming class because it helps us to back up our work for when we need to revise it. It is also great to have because we are allowed to talk to each other, and help each other. I think classes got better with Edmodo. The great thing about being a techie is that you have be able to problem solve and give your teammates advice and feedback. Edmodo helps us to do that."