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INSTITUTO ESPECIALIZADO DE NIVEL SUPERIOR

CENTRO CULTURAL SALVADOREO AMERICANO

Linguistics and Methodological Enhancement for In-service MINED Teachers

Module:

Aim at: In-service MINED Teachers

Instructors names: Manuel Laureano

Course: Blended Education

Objectives and competencies to be developed:

By the end of the seminar, participants are going to be able to:

y To know the steps to create a profile in Edmodo

y To know how to upload material to Edmodo

y Give at least 3 examples about the usage of Edmodo for teaching English at Utec

y To describe at least 3 advantages of using Edmodo for teaching English at Utec

Introduction of the topic:

In the XXI century the use of technology is growing rapidly and people interests are different so people need

new ways of instruction using electronic devices to enhance learning. People are more familiar with

technological equipment and web applications since they had bored. Nowadays, people have computers at

home or portable computers for them to use and do most of their work using computer applications.

Description of Tasks or Activities to be done, (Methodology) Include the use of Web-based resources:

The methodology will be constructivist for participants to vivid the process of getting to know the website. The

activities will be oriented to practice the steps of creating a profile under the category Teacher because

students will have to create a profile under the category of Student. These categories will help you to

organize your material that will be available for your students and they can access to the information provided

for any homework assigned.

The website offers you many options to enhance students` learning through different items, for example:

upload material for students to download, discussions boards, groups, grades, calendars to schedule activities,

polls, links, and some other options.


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Conceptual Procedure Attitudinal AchievementIndicatorConcept of Edmodo Definition of Edmodo

as an educationalcourse managementplatform

Shows interest inothers opinons

Defines Edmodo as aneducational coursemanagement platform,showing interest inothers opinions.

CreatinganEdmodoprofile Explaination of thesteps for creating an

Edmodo profile

Willingness to learnnew things

Explains the steps forcreating an Edmodo

profile, showingwillingness to learn newthings

Uploading educationalmaterial into Edmodo

Demostration of theprocess foruploadingeducational materialinto anEdmodo profile

Shows interesttowards the steps tofollow in process

Demostrates theprocess of uploadingeducational material intoanEdmodo profile,showing interesttowards the steps tofollow in process

Use of Edmodo for an

EFL classroom

Discussion of the use

of Edmodo in an EFLclassroom

Appreciates the

information providedby peers

Discusses the use of

Edmodo in an EFLclassroom, appreciatingthe information providedby peers

Class Activity # 1

Theme: Edmodo

Achievement indicator: Defines Edmodo as educational platform, showing interest in others

opinions

Purpose of the activity: At the end of the activity, students will be able to define how Edmodo worksas an educational platform

Instructions for the activity:

y Work in pairs

y Work on a computer

y Open an internet browser

y Visitwww.edmodo.com

y Watch the video that is provided on the website

y Define what Edmodo is, based on the video you watched.

Wrap - up activity

y What did you learn from this activity?

y In your own words, define Edmodo

y How did the video help you to understand what Edmodo is all about.


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Class Activity # 2

Theme: Edmodo

Achievement indicator: Explains the steps for creating an Edmodo profile, showing willingness toapply the steps to create an Edmodo profile.

Purpose of the activity: To help students explain the process of creating an Edmodo account


y Visitwww.edmodo.com

y Click on the category teacher

y Follow the steps to create an account

Wrap - up activity


y Explain one of the steps to create anEdmodo account

y Did you find the website educational?

Class Activity # 3

Theme: Edmodo

Achievement indicator: Demostrates the process of uploading educational material into anEdmodoprofile, showing interest towards the steps to follow in process.

Purpose of the activity: To enable students to demostrate the process for uploading educationalmaterial into the Edmodo profile.


y Select some educational material to upload like a word document, a PPT, a spreadsheet.

y Click on the file icon that is located on the upper side of the page.

y Embed a link to your profile.

y Create an assignment (see worksheets).

y Create a survey (See worksheets).

y

Send the survey and the assignment created to your peers based on the instructions providedon the worksheet to the people joint in your group.

Wrap - up activity


y Provide on example for uploading material to your Edmodo account

y Describe what was difficult for you?


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Class Activity # 4

Theme: Edmodo

Achievement indicator: Discusses the use of Edmodo in an EFL classroom, appreciating theinformation provided by peers.

Purpose of the activity: To help students analyze the use of Edmodo in an EFL classroom.


y Work in pairs.

y Work on the worksheet provided by the instructor.

y Answer the questions on the worksheets on how would you use Edmodo in your class.

y Compare your ideas with your peers.

Wrap - up activity

What did you learn today?

Provide, at least one, example of how would you use Edmodo in your class

Key Vocabulary:

y Edmodo

y BlendedLearning

y DistanceLearning

y Educationalplatform

y Embed

y Poll

y Link

y Tag

y Post

Evaluation activity:

At the end of the seminar, participants will be able to have their profiles ready with the specific stuff upload in

the page. However, the evaluation will be assessed after any activity done to measure what they have learned

during any activity. The final evaluation will be the Edmodo profile with all the components embedded in the

site for students to use it. Each profile will be evaluated using the check list provided by the instructor at the

beginning of the seminar.


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INSTITUTO ESPECIALIZADO DE NIVEL SUPERIOR

CENTRO CULTURAL SALVADOREO AMERICANO

Evaluation Rubric

Aspectsto be evaluated Gradinglist Comments1 2 3 4 5

The student works in pairsThe student defines what Edmodo is,based on the video you watchedThe student clicks on the categoryteacherThe student follows the steps to createan EdmodoaccountThe student selects some educationalmaterial to upload like a word document,a PPT, a spreadsheet.

The student embed a link to his profile

The student creates an assignment (seeworksheet)

The student creates a survey (Seeworksheet)

The student sends the survey and theassignment created to your peers basedon the instructions provided on theworksheet to the people joint in yourgroup.

The student works on the worksheetprovided by the instructor

The student answers the questions onthe worksheets on how would you useEdmodo in your class

The student compareshis ideas withthose of his peers

The student explains how he / she woulduse Edmodo in his / her class

Bibliography:

http://www.edmodo.com/

http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=403

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