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Getting Started with Edmodo

Edmodo is a great learning management system that makes assigning tasks and communicating with students super easy.

Here are 3 fantastic resources that you can use to help get started with Edmodo.

7 Brilliant Ways to Use It

7 Brilliant Ways to Use It

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Help Center: Edmodo in Action





Weekly Chess Puzzle

WHITE to move, and checkmate–in–two moves!

White to Move | Mate in Two

White to Move | Mate in Two

 

Puzzle from http://chesspuzzles.com/

Chess Puzzle

Here’s the weekly Chess Puzzle. It’s mate in two moves.

I’ll keep publishing the puzzles on Edmodo, but will also start publishing here.

Please feel free to discuss on Edmodo and explain which move you would make and why. You can leave a comment below.

Also, remember, if you want to be put into the drawing to explain the best move at the end of our Club meeting, then fill out a ticket and put it into to the pot on Wednesday.

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Weekly Chess Puzzle

Here’s the weekly Chess Puzzle. It’s mate in two moves.

I’ll keep publishing the puzzles on Edmodo, but will also start publishing here.

Please feel free to discuss on Edmodo and explain which move you would make and why. You can leave a comment below.

Also, remember, if you want to be put into the drawing to explain the best move at the end of our Club meeting, then fill out a ticket and put it into to the pot on Wednesday.

Weekly Chess Puzzle

Weekly Chess Puzzle

Chess puzzle from http://chesspuzzles.com/mate-in-two

 

 

Best Free Tools

Over the past month or so, educators from around the world have been helping us [EDUBLOGS]put together an exhaustive list of the best free web tools out there.It’s all part of our ongoing open professional development for educators – something we are calling Teacher Challenges.

Check out this list!

#1 – Wallwisher
#2 – Self-grading Quizzes
#3 – Bitstrips for Schools
#4 – Classtools.net
#5 – Edmodo
#6 – DoInk
#7 – Kerpoof
#8 – Glogster
#9 – ToonDoo
#10 – Wordle
#11 – Skype
#12 – Animoto
#13 – VoiceThreads
#14 – PhotoFiltre
#15 – Livebinders
#16 – WeeBehave
#17 – DropBox
#18 – Jing
#19 – Audacity
#20 – LearnBoost
#21 – Wetoku

Hat tip to Jay Vean.

 The above list is definitely not complete without Moodle!