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Edmodo is a free online tool for both teachers and students; it serves as a place for teachers and students to collaboate outside of the classroom. With this web 2.0 tool teachers can sign up and create class groups within seconds. The look and functions of Edmodo is comparable to Facebook, a social networking site that many students are familiar with. Teachers can post assignments, links, files, podcasts, etc. to the site for students to access. Similar to a Facebook wall, users can reply to posts or post their own messages and links, and this is all threaded on the group edmodo site, thus encouraging student collaboration.

With edmodo, students can turn in their assignments and be automically notified when the assignment grade is reported. Teachers can also be automatically notified when students reply to posts, and upload links or assignments; teachers can also keep an online gradebook through edmodo. media type="custom" key="6564953" [|Edmodo Demo]

A snapshot of an edmodo site: