By now, many of you are familiar with our use of Edmodo. Edmodo has allowed your child to have online access to assignments and projects, and it gives them direct access to a forum that allows them to get answers to their questions at any time. Each student has been assigned a code to access our class, and all of their questions or comments to the class are posted for the class to see. Many of our students are taking advantage of this system to ask questions about their posted projects or assignments, but also about other things that are happening in class. As a reminder, each of you have also been assigned a parent code so you can have parental access as well. If you have lost your code and would still like to have parental access, please contact me so I can get it to you. 
A more recent addition to our web-based resources is Prezi. Some of your students have taken a real liking to this online presentation tool. They like the fact that it is a way to do a presentation with the same information they would put in a power point, but it is much more interesting. This site does require an email account to open an account, but the students are able to access it from any computer. If you have not already sent in parental permission for your child to use this site and would like for them to be able to use it, please send a written note to me at school. I have demonstrated the use of the tool to those who are interested, but am also available to help them trouble shoot any issues they may have. There are also tutorials under the "learn" tab on the site as well. These presentations can be easily linked to assignments in Edmodo. 
As a parent, I know you are concerned about the availability of what your child can find on the web. Randolph County Schools has subscribed to a search engine that works to block questionable images and articles from your child's search. Because NetTrekker is a web-based program, it is available for student use from any computer. If they are using it for research to complete a specific assignment for school, they should check to see if I have already located some appropriate, specific resources for their use. These can be found by going to my portfolio, and opening the link to our school. You will then find my folder there. An account has already been set up four our students to use. If you need the access information, please do not hesitate to contact me.These are just a few of the online resources we have been using this year. Information on more tools such as Wordle and Glogster will be given to you and your students soon. Please continue to check back often for more updates.
Have you found an online resource that might be helpful to us? Please let us know. We are always looking for unique ways for our students to learn or demonstrate their new knowledge.
