Thanks for the shout-out!
And just to clarify for anyone who's reading - EDU 2.0 includes Facebook-like activity streams but they are private and you can control them to work within just a single class or within your school. You can also…
http://www.edu20.org is free, web hosted, and includes support for setting a wide variety of assignments (including quizzes, projects, freeform essays, discussions, etc.) with an integrated grade book, support for lesson plans, integrated resources…
Thanks John!
The portfolio feature is probably the vaguest feature on the site, mostly due to lack of feedback from our teachers. The quicker we can get more feedback on what our users are looking for in this feature, we quicker we can implement…
Hi John,
One quick note; edu2.0 has an option on 'freeform assignments (a.k.a. essay assignments) that allows students to comment on each other's work. In addition, you can have a 'discussion assignment' where students…
Hi John,
I encourage you to post to the edu2.0 community forums and ask for the features you're looking for. We often add new features within a few days when a teacher asks for them.
Cheers,
Graham
The founder of edu 2.0. In a previous lifetime, I was the founder and chief architect of The Mind Electric, a web services company that was bought by webMethods in 2003. I served as the webMethods CTO after the acquisition before starting edu 2.0. In addition, I used to teach computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas, made a living as a professional instructor teaching advanced software, and wrote several textbooks published by Prentice Hall.
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With your work in Education Technology, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.
Thanks for your kind words! I'm heavily involved in building software to support the Classroom 2.0 concept, so this group should be a great place for me to hang out.
Welcome Graham! An entrepreneurial self-assurance is what this Community of educators needs to actively promote significant changes in public education for the public good. Hopefully, we all can learn from you how to be effective social entrepreneurs. There's too much good at stake to be disengaged and indifferent. Thanks for joining us!