Edmodo is a free and secure social learning platform for teachers and students to collaborate and connect in the 24/7 classroom. The design and functionality of Edmodo is similar to Facebook, but the focus is on teaching and learning within a protected environment. Students don't even need an email account to sign up.
Teachers and students can extend the learning by posting messages, holding online discussions, picking up work and turning it in. Edmodo supports a variety of multimedia to provide students with flexible learning paths including links, images, video and interactive graphics created withThingLink.
http://www.thinglink.com/
Perhaps an engaging assignment for students would be to publish an interactive graphic to be explored prior to class. This type of assignment can provide students with background knowledge, front load the learning and level the playing field to prepare students for success in class
Via Heiko Idensen
... here you find a detailed instruction, how to manage interactive thinglink images in edmodo:
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http://thinglinkblog.com/2012/12/14/introducing-interactive-lessons-on-edmodo/
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"ThingLink allows you to create interactive images enriched with video, sounds, music and more. Now you can also share them on Edmodo to teach, inspire and entertain students as well as teachers. With only a few clicks, you can embed live interactive images on Edmodo for everyone to engage with and learn from. Here are our step by step instructions and you can also watch the video or click through the slide set below.
Here goes:
1. Sign up for ThingLink. It only takes a minute and you can do it with your Facebook, Twitter or email account.
2. Make an interactive image of your own or pick one from the thousands of images that have already been created with ThingLink by using our search function.
3. Click on Share image in the top left corner of any image and select Edmodo. You will see an embed script. Click on “Copy to clipboard”.
4. Log in to your Edmodo account. Create a new post and add a link to it.
5. Paste in the iframe code to the field that says http://or<embed>
6. Give the attachment a title and click Attach
7. Fill in the empty fields and click Send
8. Your live interactive image will now show up in your posts and it can be opened and closed by clicking the attachment icon."
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By: jonas14-12-2012From the lab, Partner announcements, Thinglink usersShareIntroducing interactive lessons on Edmodo
ThingLink allows you to create interactive images enriched with video, sounds, music and more. Now you can also share them on Edmodo to teach, inspire and entertain students as well as teachers. With only a few clicks, you can embed live interactive images on Edmodo for everyone to engage with and learn from. Here are our step by step instructions and you can also watch the video or click through the slide set below.
Here goes:
1. Sign up for ThingLink. It only takes a minute and you can do it with your Facebook, Twitter or email account.
2. Make an interactive image of your own or pick one from the thousands of images that have already been created with ThingLink by using our search function.
3. Click on Share image in the top left corner of any image and select Edmodo. You will see an embed script. Click on “Copy to clipboard”.
4. Log in to your Edmodo account. Create a new post and add a link to it.
5. Paste in the iframe code to the field that says http://or<embed>
6. Give the attachment a title and click Attach
7. Fill in the empty fields and click Send
8. Your live interactive image will now show up in your posts and it can be opened and closed by clicking the attachment icon.
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There are lots of interactive images on ThingLink that you can use for your lessons. Check out these resources:
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- create interactive images of your own
http://www.thinglink.com/action/imageUpload
- find interesting images in the gallery
http://www.thinglink.com/gallery
- discover ThingLink’s Education channel
http://www.thinglink.com/education
- or use the search function to find something specific.
http://www.thinglink.com/search?query=education&list=Search