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Edmodo advantages

The first and largest educational social network aimed at connecting all learners with
society and the educational resources they need to enhance their potential and build their
skills. It raises major slogans that all converge around improving the quality of education,
and among these slogans are:

Edmodo Features

One of the most important features of Edmodo, in addition to being a free social
learning network for teachers, students, and schools, is that it changes the way teaching in
the classroom makes it a 21st century classroom that relies on digital, interactive courses,
social networking, increased interaction between students, and the use of smart devices.

Edmodo is also characterized by being a safe and closed environment between students
and teachers, in which there is no place for any confusion or distractions away from
education and teaching. The teacher has complete control and management, and students
join classes by being invited by their teachers only. It is also easy to use, because the
interface is like Facebook, so it is easy and familiar to students. Setting up a new virtual
classroom takes just seconds. No private information is requested during registration, nor
does it require students to have an email in advance.

It is also characterized by technical features as a network dedicated to education, including
a grade monitoring system, the feature of archiving and keeping all messages, the use of
applications, educational programs and various websites, and the ability to access either
via smart devices or via personal computers.

Edmodo helps employ the concept of the flipped classroom in education, as it
provides an integrated environment that responds to all students’ academic needs and
teaching conditions and tools.

Edmodo achieves the meaning of green learning because we see it reducing the use
of paper and optical discs in education and their waste, reducing spending on classrooms,
and reducing printing materials. It enables students to use their personal devices, without
the need for additional costs in equipping schools with computers, maintaining them,
updating them, and protecting them. Yes, because today we see smart devices in the hands
of our students all the time, so let us make their use in the service of their education.

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